Exodus 21:2

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Summary

Exodus 21:2

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

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And in the

General references

Exodus 21:11

Leviticus 25:40

Deuteronomy 15:1

Bible References

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But every man's servant that is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine:

And if your brother that dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold unto you; you shall not compel him to serve as a slave:

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor has come to take unto him my two sons to be slaves.

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

But since he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

And in the

But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of jubilee:

At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.

And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;

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And if he does not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of jubilee:

At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.