Verse 12

If thy brother an Hebrue sell hym selfe to thee, or an Hebrue woman, and serue thee sixe yeres, in the seuenth yere thou shalt let hym go free from thee.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 34:14 : 14 When seuen yeres are out, euery man shall let his bought seruaunt an Hebrue go free, if he haue serued hym sixe yeres: but your fathers obayed me not, and hearkened not vnto me.
• Lev 25:39-41 : 39 If thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poore, and be solde vnto thee, thou shalt not compell hym to serue as a bonde seruaunt: 40 But as an hired seruaunt, and as a soiourner he shalbe with thee, and shall serue thee vnto the yere of Iubilee. 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with hym, and shall returne vnto his owne kinred agayne, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne.
• Exod 21:2-6 : 2 If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, sixe yeres he shall serue, & in the seuenth, he shall go out free paying nothyng. 3 If he came alone, he shall go out alone: and yf he came maryed, his wyfe shall go out with hym. 4 And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone. 5 And yf the seruaunt say: I loue my maister, my wyfe, and my chyldren, I wyll not go out free: 6 His maister shall bryng hym vnto the iudges, and set hym to the doore or the doorepost, and his maister shal bore his eare through with a naule, and he shalbe his seruaunt for euer.
• Deut 15:1 : 1 At the terme of seuen yeres, thou shalt make a freedome.
• John 8:35-36 : 35 And the seruaut abideth not in ye house for euer: but the sonne abydeth euer. 36 Yf the sonne therefore shall make you free, then are ye free in deede.