Exodus 21:2
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee: in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1These are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
Cross References
Genesis 27:36But he said again: Rightly is his name called Jacob; for he hath supplanted me lo this second time: my first birthright he took away before, and now this second time he hath stolen away my blessing. And again he said to his father: Hast thou not reserved me also a blessing?
Exodus 22:3But if he did this when the sun is risen, he hath committed murder, and he shall die. If he have not wherewith to make restitution for the theft, he shall be sold.
Leviticus 25:54And if by these means he cannot be redeemed, in the year of the jubilee he shall go out with his children.
Deuteronomy 15:12When thy brother a Hebrew man, or Hebrew woman is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free:
Deuteronomy 31:10And he commanded them, saying: After seven years, in the year of remission, in the feast of tabernacles,
Nehemiah 5:1Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:2-12
Judicial Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If 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. 5 And if the servant shall plainly say,… Read the whole commentary →