Exodus 21
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Exodus 21:2-11

2If thou buyH7069 a HebrewH5680 servantH5650, sixH8337 yearsH8141 he shall serveH5647: and in the seventhH7637 he shall goH3318 out freeH2670 for nothingH2600. 3If he comeH935 in by himself, he shall goH3318 out by himself: if he be married, then his wifeH802 shall goH3318 out with him. 4If his masterH113 giveH5414 him a wifeH802 and she bearH3205 him sonsH1121 or daughtersH1323; the wifeH802 and her children shall beH1961 her master’sH113, and he shall goH3318 out by himself. 5But if the servantH5650 shall plainly sayH559, I loveH157 my masterH113, my wifeH802, and my children; I will not goH3318 out freeH2670: 6then his masterH113 shall bringH5066 him unto GodH430, and shall bringH5066 him to the doorH1817, or unto the door-post; and his masterH113 shall bore his earH241 through with an awlH4836; and he shall serveH5647 him for everH5769.

7And if a manH376 sellH4376 his daughterH1323 to be a maid-servant, she shall not goH3318 out as the men-servants do. 8If she please not her masterH113, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemedH6299: to sellH4376 her unto a foreignH5237 peopleH5971 he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealtH898 deceitfully with her. 9And if he espouse her unto his sonH1121, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughtersH1323. 10If he takeH3947 him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. 11And if he do not these threeH7969 thingsH428 unto her, then shall she goH3318 out for nothing, without moneyH3701.

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