Exodus 21:5

And if the servant really says: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons—I do not go out free,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

In Context

4if his lord gives a wife to him, and she has borne sons or daughters to him—the wife and her children are her lord’s, and he goes out by himself.

6then his lord has brought him near to God, and has brought him near to the door, or to the doorpost, and his lord has bored his ear with an awl, and he has served him for all time.

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:13O our God YHWH, lords have ruled us besides You, || Only, by You we make mention of Your Name.

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 →

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