Exodus 21:2

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If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he shall go free, without any payment.

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  • Deut 15:12-15 : 12 If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year, you must set them free. 13 And when you set them free, do not send them away empty-handed. 14 Provide them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you. 15 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I am giving you this command today.
  • Deut 15:18 : 18 Do not consider it hard to set them free, because their service to you for six years was worth twice as much as that of a hired worker, and the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
  • Neh 5:1-5 : 1 There arose a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. 2 Some were saying, 'We, along with our sons and daughters, are numerous. Let us get grain that we may eat and stay alive.' 3 Others were saying, 'We have had to mortgage our fields, vineyards, and houses to get grain during the famine.' 4 Still others were saying, 'We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.' 5 'Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Israelites, and our children are just like theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, and we are powerless to do anything about it, since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.'
  • Neh 5:8 : 8 I said to them, 'We have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations, as much as we were able. Now, you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!' They stayed silent, unable to say a word.
  • Jer 34:8-9 : 8 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them: 9 Each was to free his Hebrew servants, both male and female, so that no one would enslave a fellow Hebrew, a fellow Jew. 10 And all the officials and all the people who entered into the covenant agreed to set free their male and female slaves, so that they would no longer enslave them. They obeyed and set them free. 11 But afterward they turned back and took back the men and women they had freed, and forced them to become slaves again. 12 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: 13 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying: 14 At the end of seven years, each of you must set free your Hebrew brothers who have been sold to you and have served you for six years. You must release them to go free. But your ancestors did not obey me or pay attention to me. 15 Recently, you repented and did what is right in my sight by proclaiming freedom, each man for his neighbor. You made a covenant before me in the house where my name is called upon. 16 But then you turned back and profaned my name. You took back the servants and maidservants whom you had set free, allowing them to go wherever they desired, and you brought them back into subjection to become your slaves again. 17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming freedom, each one to his brother and to his neighbor. So now, I proclaim freedom for you, declares the Lord—freedom to the sword, to plague, and to famine. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • Matt 18:25 : 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
  • 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and spirit, which are God's.
  • Deut 31:10 : 10 Then Moses commanded them, saying, 'At the end of every seven years, in the appointed time of the year of release, during the Festival of Tabernacles,
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 A certain woman, the wife of one of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. Now the creditor has come to take my two sons as slaves."
  • Gen 27:28 : 28 May God give you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth, an abundance of grain and new wine.
  • Gen 27:36 : 36 Esau said, 'Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice: He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing!' Then he asked, 'Haven't you reserved any blessing for me?'
  • Exod 12:44 : 44 But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it after you have circumcised him.
  • Exod 22:3 : 3 If what was stolen is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox, a donkey, or a sheep, he must pay back double.
  • Lev 25:39-45 : 39 If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves. 40 They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. 41 Then they and their children are to be released, and they will return to their own family and to the property of their ancestors. 42 Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves. 43 Do not rule over them harshly, but fear your God. 44 Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your land, and they will become your property.
  • Deut 15:1 : 1 At the end of seven years, you shall institute a release.

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  • Deut 15:12-18
    7 verses
    88%

    12If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year, you must set them free.

    13And when you set them free, do not send them away empty-handed.

    14Provide them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you.

    15Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I am giving you this command today.

    16But if they say to you, 'I will not leave you,' because they love you and your household and are well off with you,

    17then take an awl and pierce their ear to the door, and they will become your servant for life. You shall do the same for your female servant.

    18Do not consider it hard to set them free, because their service to you for six years was worth twice as much as that of a hired worker, and the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

  • Jer 34:14
    82%

    14At the end of seven years, each of you must set free your Hebrew brothers who have been sold to you and have served you for six years. You must release them to go free. But your ancestors did not obey me or pay attention to me.

  • Exod 21:3-8
    6 verses
    81%

    3If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; but if he is married, then his wife shall leave with him.

    4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out by himself.

    5But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I do not want to go free,’

    6then his master shall bring him before God. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.

    7If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.

    8If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He does not have the right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her.

  • Lev 25:50-54
    5 verses
    80%

    50They and their buyer are to calculate the time from the year they were sold to the Year of Jubilee. The price of their release shall be based on the number of years, like the wages of a hired worker.

    51If there are still many years until the Jubilee, they must pay the price of their redemption in proportion to the years remaining.

    52If only a few years remain until the Jubilee, they are to calculate this and pay for their redemption accordingly.

    53They are to be treated as a yearly hired worker while with their buyer, and they must not be ruled over harshly in your sight.

    54If they are not redeemed in any of these ways, they and their children are to be released in the Year of Jubilee.

  • Lev 25:39-42
    4 verses
    79%

    39If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

    40They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

    41Then they and their children are to be released, and they will return to their own family and to the property of their ancestors.

    42Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.

  • Exod 21:26-27
    2 verses
    79%

    26If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the eye.

    27And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the tooth.

  • Exod 21:11
    78%

    11If he does not provide these three things for her, she is to go free, without any payment.

  • Jer 34:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9Each was to free his Hebrew servants, both male and female, so that no one would enslave a fellow Hebrew, a fellow Jew.

    10And all the officials and all the people who entered into the covenant agreed to set free their male and female slaves, so that they would no longer enslave them. They obeyed and set them free.

  • Exod 21:1
    77%

    1These are the laws you are to set before them.

  • Deut 21:14
    76%

    14But if you are not pleased with her, you must let her go wherever she wishes. You are not to sell her for money or treat her as a slave, because you have humiliated her.

  • Deut 15:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1At the end of seven years, you shall institute a release.

    2This is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall release what they have lent to their neighbor. They shall not demand payment from their neighbor or their relative, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed.

  • Deut 23:15
    74%

    15For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies into your hands. Your camp must be holy so that He will not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

  • Lev 25:44
    74%

    44Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.

  • Exod 21:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20If a man strikes his male or female servant with a rod, and the servant dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

    21However, if the servant survives for a day or two, the man shall not be punished, because the servant is his property.

  • Acts 7:7
    73%

    7But I will judge the nation that they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and afterward, they will come out and worship me in this place.'

  • Lev 25:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27he shall calculate the years since its sale, refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and then return to his property.

    28But if he cannot afford to repay, what he sold will remain with the buyer until the Year of Jubilee; in the Jubilee it will be released, and he will return to his property.

  • 1 Cor 7:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21Were you called while a slave? Do not let it trouble you. But if you can gain your freedom, do so.

    22For the one who was called as a slave in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; in the same way, the one who was called while free is Christ’s slave.

    23You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

  • Lev 25:6
    72%

    6During this Sabbath of the land, all its produce will be food for you—for yourself, your servants, your hired workers, and the resident foreigners who live among you,

  • Exod 20:10
    72%

    10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your livestock, nor any foreigner residing within your gates.

  • Exod 12:44
    72%

    44But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it after you have circumcised him.

  • Deut 24:14
    72%

    14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

  • Exod 23:10
    71%

    10For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce.

  • Deut 5:14
    71%

    14But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your ox, your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the foreigner residing in your towns—so that your male and female servants may rest as you do.

  • Exod 21:32
    71%

    32If the ox gores a male or female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of the servant, and the ox must be stoned.

  • Exod 21:16
    71%

    16Anyone who kidnaps another person, whether he sells him or the victim is still in his possession, shall surely be put to death.