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.

An hebrew

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 thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat of it.

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

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

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee shall have become poor, and be sold to thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant:

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the LORD: and the creditor hath come to take to him my two sons to be bond-men.

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

But as he had not ability 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 ye 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 thee, and shall serve thee to the year of jubilee.

At the end of every seven years thou shalt 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 to Jeremiah from the LORD, after king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;

General references

And if he shall not perform these three to her, then shall she depart free without money.

But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee to the year of jubilee.

At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.