Exodus 21:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

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  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
  • Exod 12:12 : 12 For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.
  • Exod 18:21-26 : 21 But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens; 22 And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you. 23 If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace. 24 So Moses took note of the words of his father-in-law, and did as he had said. 25 And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens. 26 And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.
  • Exod 21:22 : 22 If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
  • Exod 22:8-9 : 8 If they do not get the thief, let the master of the house come before the judges and take an oath that he has not put his hand on his neighbour's goods. 9 In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.
  • Exod 22:28 : 28 You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.
  • Lev 25:23 : 23 No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.
  • Lev 25:40 : 40 But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;
  • Num 25:5-8 : 5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, Let everyone put to death those of his men who have had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor. 6 Then one of the children of Israel came to his brothers, taking with him a woman of Midian, before the eyes of Moses and all the meeting of the people, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of meeting. 7 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, seeing it, got up from among the people and took a spear in his hand, 8 And went after the man of Israel into the tent, driving the spear through the two of them, through the man of Israel and through the stomach of the woman. So the disease was stopped among the children of Israel.
  • Deut 1:16 : 16 And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.
  • Deut 15:17 : 17 Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
  • Deut 19:17-18 : 17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power; 18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,
  • 1 Sam 1:22 : 22 But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.
  • 1 Sam 8:1-2 : 1 Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 The name of his first son was Joel and the name of his second Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
  • 1 Sam 27:12 : 12 And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.
  • 1 Sam 28:2 : 2 And David said to Achish, You will see now what your servant will do. And Achish said to David, Then I will make you keeper of my head for ever.
  • 1 Kgs 12:7 : 7 And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.
  • Ps 40:6-8 : 6 You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request. 7 Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book, 8 My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
  • Isa 1:26 : 26 And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

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    16 But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;

    17 Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.

    18 Let it not seem hard to you that you have to send him away free; for he has been working for you for six years, which is twice the regular time for a servant: and the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

  • Exod 21:1-5
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    1 Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.

    2 If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.

    3 If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.

    4 If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.

    5 But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:

  • Exod 21:7-9
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    7 And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.

    8 If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

    9 And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.

  • Exod 21:25-27
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    25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.

    26 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.

    27 Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.

  • Exod 21:20-21
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    20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.

    21 But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.

  • Lev 25:39-42
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    39 And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;

    40 But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;

    41 Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.

    42 For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.

  • Exod 21:30-32
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    30 If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.

    31 If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.

    32 If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.

  • Deut 15:12-13
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    12 If one of your countrymen, a Hebrew man or woman, becomes your servant for a price and does work for you six years, in the seventh year let him go free.

    13 And when you make him free, do not let him go away with nothing in his hands:

  • Lev 25:50-55
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    50 And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubilee, and the price given for him will be in relation to the number of years, on the scale of the payment of a servant.

    51 If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was given for him.

    52 And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to the number of years he will give back the price of making him free.

    53 And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.

    54 And if he is not made free in this way, he will go out in the year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.

    55 For the children of Israel are servants to me; they are my servants whom I took out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Job 41:4
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    4 Who has ever taken off his outer skin? who may come inside his inner coat of iron?

  • Jer 34:14
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    14 At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21 If a servant is gently cared for from his early years, he will become a cause of sorrow in the end.

  • Lev 25:46
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    46 And they will be your children's heritage after you, to keep as their property; they will be your servants for ever; but you may not be hard masters to your countrymen, the children of Israel.

  • Exod 12:44
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    44 But every man's servant, whom he has got for money, may take of it, when he has had circumcision.

  • Acts 7:7
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    7 And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.

  • Exod 21:11
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    11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

  • Deut 21:19
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    19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

  • Deut 23:15-16
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    15 Do not give back to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to you:

    16 Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.

  • Lev 25:44
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    44 But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.

  • Matt 18:25
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    25 And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

  • Exod 21:16
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    16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

  • 1 Sam 8:16
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    16 He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.

  • Deut 21:14
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    14 But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.

  • John 8:35
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    35 Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does.

  • Exod 22:8
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    8 If they do not get the thief, let the master of the house come before the judges and take an oath that he has not put his hand on his neighbour's goods.

  • Luke 12:46
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    46 The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

  • Jer 34:11
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    11 But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.