Exodus 21:3

If he came in alone, he shall go out alone; if the husband of a wife, his wife shall go out with him.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

In Context

2When thou dost purchase a servant, a son of Israel, six years he shall serve, and in the seventh go forth free, for nothing.

4If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and the children are the master’s, and he shall go out alone.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:12If thy brother, a son of Israel, or a daughter of Israel, be sold to thee, and shall have served thee six years, in the seventh year let him go, a son of liberty, from thee.

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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