Exodus 21:1-4

1⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Here are the legal decisions to be used by the Israelites:

2“Whenever you buy a Hebrew slave, he will be your slave for six years. In the seventh year he may leave as a free man, without paying for his freedom.

3If he comes to you by himself, he must leave by himself. If he comes as a married man, his wife may leave with him.

4If his master gives him a wife and she gives birth to sons or daughters, the wife and her children belong to the master, and the slave must leave by himself.