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 everyone's servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it.

If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.

May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

"'If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.

Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying, "Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants."

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

And in the

He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,

At the end of every seven years you must declare a cancellation of debts.

He commanded them: "At the end of seven years, at the appointed time of the cancellation of debts, at the Feast of Temporary Shelters,

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to grant their slaves their freedom.

General references

If he does not provide her with these three things, then she will go out free, without paying money.

He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,

At the end of every seven years you must declare a cancellation of debts.