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 all the servants that are bought for money shall ye circumcise, and then let them eat thereof.

except the su be up when he is found, then there shall be blood shed for him. A thief shall make restitution: If he have not wherewith, he shall be sold for his theft.

God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of corn and wine.

"'If thy brother that dwelleth by thee wax poor and sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not let him labour as a bondservant doeth:

And there cried a certain woman of the wives of the children of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, "Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD. And the creditor is come to fetch my two sons, to be his bondmen."

And there arose a great complaint of the people, and of their wives, against their brethren the Jews.

Whom, because he had nought to pay, his Master commanded him to be sold: and his wife, and his children, and all that he had; and payment to be made.

For ye are dearly bought. Therefore glorify ye God in your bodies and in your spirits, for they are God's.

And in the

but as a hired servant and as a sojourner he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the trumpet year,

At the end of seven years thou shalt make a free year.

and commanded them, saying, "At the end of seven years, in the time of the free year, in the feast of the tabernacles,

These are the words that the LORD spake unto Jeremiah the prophet, when Zedekiah was agreed with all the people at Jerusalem, that there should be proclaimed a liberty:

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If he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free and pay no money.

but as a hired servant and as a sojourner he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the trumpet year,

At the end of seven years thou shalt make a free year.