Exodus 21:2

Laws About Slaves

¹ "These are the ordinances that you are to set before them. ² "When you acquire a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, and in the seventh he is to go out a free man without paying anything. ³ If he came in by himself, he is to go out by himself. If he was married, his wife is to go out with him.

Seventh Year

Deuteronomy 15:12-15

"When a fellow Hebrew male or female slave is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you are to set them free.

Deuteronomy 15:18

Don't view this as a hardship for yourself when you set him free, for he will have served you for six years twice the time of a paid worker. Then the LORD will bless you in all that you do."

Genesis 27:28

May the LORD grant you dew from the skies, and from the fertile land; may he grant you abundant grain and fresh wine.

Genesis 27:36

Then he said, "Isn't his name rightly called Jacob?" Esau asked. "He has circumvented me this second time. First, he took away my birthright, and now, look how he also stole my blessing." Then he added, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"

Exodus 12:44

though any slave purchased with money may eat it after you have circumcised him.

Exodus 22:3

but if the sun has risen on him, then it is a capital crime in that case. A thief shall certainly make restitution, but if he has nothing, he is to be sold for his theft.

Leviticus 25:39-45

"If your brother with you becomes so poor that he sells himself to you, you are not to make him serve like a bond slave.

Deuteronomy 15:1

"You must cancel your debts at the end of every seventh year.

Deuteronomy 31:10

Then he gave these orders: "At the end of seven years, the year designated for release, during the Festival of Tents,

2 Kings 4:1

Now there happened to be a certain woman who had been the wife of a member of the Guild of Prophets. She cried out to Elisha, "My husband who served you has died, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. But a creditor has come to take away my children into indentured servitude!"

Nehemiah 5:1-5

Now the people along with their spouses complained loudly against their fellow Jews,

Nehemiah 5:8

I accused them, "To the best of our ability, we've been buying back our fellow Jews who had been sold to foreigners. Even now you're selling your fellow countrymen, only for them to be sold back to us!" They kept quiet and never spoke a word.

Jeremiah 34:8-17

This is this message from the LORD that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem proclaiming release for them.

Matthew 18:25

Because he couldn't pay, his master ordered him, his wife, his children, and everything that he owned to be sold so that payment could be made.

1 Corinthians 6:20

because you were bought for a price. Therefore, glorify God with your bodies.