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Exodus 21:2
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Exodus 21:2
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Exodus 21:2
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Exodus 21:2
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Hebrew Servants(A)(B)
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant,(C) he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free,(D) without paying anything.
Exodus 21:3
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Exodus 21:3
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3 If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.
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Exodus 21:3
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Exodus 21:3
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3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him.
Exodus 21:4
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Exodus 21:4
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4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone.
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Exodus 21:4
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Exodus 21:4
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4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
Exodus 21:5
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Exodus 21:5
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5 But (A)if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’
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Exodus 21:5
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Exodus 21:5
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5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’(A)
Exodus 21:6
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Exodus 21:6
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6 then his master shall bring him to (A)God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever.
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Exodus 21:6
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Exodus 21:6
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6 then his master must take him before the judges.[a](A) He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce(B) his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.(C)
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- Exodus 21:6 Or before God
Exodus 21:7
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Exodus 21:7
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7 “When a man (A)sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
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Exodus 21:7
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Exodus 21:7
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7 “If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.
Exodus 21:8
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Exodus 21:8
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8 If she does not please her master, who has designated her[a] for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her.
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- Exodus 21:8 Or so that he has not designated her
Exodus 21:8
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Exodus 21:8
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8 If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself,[a] he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her.
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- Exodus 21:8 Or master so that he does not choose her
Exodus 21:9
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Exodus 21:9
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9 If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.
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Exodus 21:9
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Exodus 21:9
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9 If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.
Exodus 21:10
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Exodus 21:10
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10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or (A)her marital rights.
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Exodus 21:10
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Exodus 21:10
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10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights.(A)
Exodus 21:11
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Exodus 21:11
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11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.
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Exodus 21:11
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Exodus 21:11
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11 If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.
Exodus 21:16
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Exodus 21:16
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16 (A)“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found (B)in possession of him, shall be put to death.
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Exodus 21:16
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Exodus 21:16
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16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death,(A) whether the victim has been sold(B) or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.
Exodus 21:21
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Exodus 21:21
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21 But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the (A)slave is his money.
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Exodus 21:21
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Exodus 21:21
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21 but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.(A)
Exodus 21:26
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Exodus 21:26
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26 “When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye.
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Exodus 21:26
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Exodus 21:26
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26 “An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.
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