Thematic Bible: Israelite bondservants set free in


Thematic Bible



If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment. Verse Conceptsethics, personalBuying and sellingPunishment, Nature OfSlavery, In OtYearsDebtorsCancellation Of DeptSix YearsPeople Freeing SlavesThe Law On SlaveryFree Of ChargeslaveryFreedomservanthood

If one of your countrymen, a Hebrew man or woman, becomes your servant for a price and does work for you six years, in the seventh year let him go free. Verse ConceptsHolidaySabbatical YearSlavery, In OtYearsSix YearsPeople Freeing SlavesThe Law On Slavery

At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear. Verse ConceptsListeningSabbatical YearYearsCancellation Of DeptSix YearsSeven YearsPeople Freeing Slavesfreeliberation

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain