Exodus 21
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Exodus 21:2-6

2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.1

4If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

5And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:2

6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

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Notes

  1. 1. Exodus 21:3 by himself: Heb. with his body. ↩
  2. 2. Exodus 21:5 shall…: Heb. saying shall say. ↩

Commentaries on Exodus 21

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