Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

An hebrew

Exodus 12:44
and any man's servant, the purchase of money, when thou hast circumcised him -- then he doth eat of it;
Exodus 22:3
if the sun hath risen upon him, blood is for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;
Genesis 27:28
and God doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine;
Leviticus 25:39
'And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;
2 Kings 4:1
And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, 'Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.'
Nehemiah 5:1
And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,
Matthew 18:25
and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.
1 Corinthians 6:20
for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

And in the

Leviticus 25:40
as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee, --
Deuteronomy 15:1
'At the end of seven years thou dost make a release,
Deuteronomy 31:10
and Moses commandeth them, saying, 'At the end of seven years, in the appointed time, the year of release, in the feast of booths,
Jeremiah 34:8
The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after the making by the king Zedekiah of a covenant with all the people who are in Jerusalem, to proclaim to them liberty,

General references

Exodus 21:11
and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.
Leviticus 25:40
as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee, --
Deuteronomy 15:1
'At the end of seven years thou dost make a release,