Exodus 21:1-11

1“TheseH428 are the ordinancesH4941 thatH834 you are to setH7760 before themH6440:

2IfH3588 you buyH7069 a HebrewH5680 servantH5650, he is to serve youH5647 for sixH8337 yearsH8141. But in the seventhH7637 year, he shall goH3318 freeH2670 without paying anythingH2600. 3IfH518 he arrived aloneH935H1610, he is to leave aloneH3318H1610; ifH518H1167 heH1931 arrived with a wifeH802, she is to leaveH3318 with himH5973. 4IfH518 his masterH113 givesH5414 him a wifeH802 and she bearsH3205 him sonsH1121 orH176 daughtersH1323, the womanH802 and her childrenH3206 shall belong toH1961 her masterH113, and only the manH1931 shall go freeH3318H1610.

5But ifH518 the servantH5650 declaresH559, ‘I loveH157 my masterH113 and my wifeH802 and childrenH1121; I do notH3808 want to goH3318 freeH2670,’ 6then his masterH113 is to bring himH5066 beforeH413 the judgesH430.1 And he shall take himH5066 toH413 the doorH1817 orH176H413 doorpostH4201 and pierceH7527 his earH241 with an awlH4836. Then he shall serve his masterH5647 for lifeH5769.

7And ifH3588 a manH376 sellsH4376 his daughterH1323 as a servantH519, she is notH3808 to go freeH3318 as the menservants doH5650. 8IfH518 she is displeasingH7451 in the eyesH5869 of her masterH113 whoH834 had designated her for himselfH3259,2 he must allow her to be redeemedH6299. He has noH3808 rightH4910 to sell herH4376 to foreignersH5971H5237H3808, since he has broken faithH898 with her. 9And ifH518 he chooses herH3259 for his sonH1121, he must dealH6213 with her as withH4941 a daughterH1323. 10IfH518 he takesH3947 another wifeH312, he must notH3808 reduceH1639 the foodH7607, clothingH3682, or marital rightsH5772 of his first wife. 11If, howeverH518, he does notH3808 provideH6213 her with theseH428 three thingsH7969, she is free to goH3318H2600 withoutH369 monetary paymentH3701.