Exodus 21
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Exodus 21:2-11

2If thou buyH7069 a HebrewH5680 bondman, sixH8337 yearsH8141 shall he serveH5647; and in the seventhH7637 he shall goH3318 out freeH2670 for nothingH2600.

3If he cameH935 in alone, he shall goH3318 out alone: if he had a wifeH802, then his wifeH802 shall goH3318 out with him.

4If his masterH113 have givenH5414 him a wifeH802, and she have borneH3205 him sonsH1121 or daughtersH1323, the wifeH802 and her children shall beH1961 her master's, and he shall goH3318 out alone.

5But if the bondman shall sayH559 distinctly, I loveH157 my masterH113, my wifeH802, and my children, I will not goH3318 freeH2670;

6then his masterH113 shall bringH5066 him before the judges, and shall bringH5066 him to the doorH1817, or to the door-post; and his masterH113 shall bore his earH241 through with an awlH4836; and he shall be his bondman for everH5769.

7And if a manH376 shall sellH4376 his daughterH1323 as a handmaid, she shall not goH3318 out as the bondmen goH3318 out.

8If she is unacceptable in the eyesH5869 of her masterH113, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomedH6299: to sellH4376 her unto a foreignH5237 peopleH5971 he hath no power, after having dealtH898 unfaithfully with her.

9And if he have appointedH3259 her unto his sonH1121, he shall deal with her after the law of daughtersH1323.

10If he takeH3947 himself another, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish.

11And if he do not these threeH7969 thingsH428 unto her, then shall she goH3318 out free without moneyH3701.

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