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Non-Exact Match

If his master gives him a wife and she bears for him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her master, and [the slave] will go out single.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtIsolated PersonsMarriage Controlled

his master will present him to God and bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve him forever.

Verse ConceptsGesturesEarsDoorpostsToolsEternal LoyaltyStaying PutSharp ToolsPiercingsslaveryVolunteering

But if the slave explicitly says, "I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,"

Verse ConceptsEmployeesPeople Freeing SlavesWivesslaveryservanthood

If {she does not please her master} who selected her, he will allow her to be redeemed; he has no authority to sell her to foreign people, since he has dealt treacherously with her.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In Everyday LifeLaws Restricting ForeignersNot Pleasing PeopleUnfaithful

If the ox gores a male slave or a female slave, he will give thirty shekels of silver to his master, and the ox will be stoned.

Verse ConceptsCompensationSilverSlavery, In OtSlavesInstructions About StoningRules About Killing AnimalsPrice Set On Individuals