Exodus 21:7

“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.

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In The King James Version

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

In Context

6then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

8+ 21:8. Ex 21:8 (Ex 21:7-11) (#7.434): The man who buys a Hebrew female servant shall marry her (to designate her for himself) R. Reason: The Rabbis elaborate: The Torah ·Teaching· is concerned with the well-being of Jewish daughters who have been sold as maidservants and provides them with an opportunity to be freed from slavery. Her master is urged to marry his maidservant or give her as a wife to his son. In this way, the girl’s slavery may prove to be beneficial for her, showing her the guiding hand Adonai If she does not please her master, who has married her to himself, + 21:8. Ex 21:8 (Ex 21:7-11) (#5.360): To redeem a Hebrew female servant R. Note: The Rabbis’ add context; after a person sold his daughter as a slave, his situation may have improved and he can now afford to redeem her. Torah ·Teaching· encourages him to do so and her master is commanded to allow for her redemption T. Consider: Being a slave or a servant is a role and position in the house of the Master, the servant makes themselves valuable and honorable or commonplace by their own actions. Consider who God calls His servants. Abraham is called God’s servant and friend (Ps 105:6, 42); Joseph is a servant whom God exalts (Gen 39:2-6, 39:21, 41:39-44); Moses is God’s servant (Num 12:7-8, Josh 1:2, Mal 4:4); Samuel is God’s servant (1 Sam 3:9-10); King David is God’s servant (2 Sam 3:18, 2 Sam 7:8, 1 King 11:38, 1 Chr 17:24); national Israel is God’s servant (Ps 136:22, Is 41:8); the Servant Messiah is exalted to be King (Is 49:5-6) then he shall let her be redeemed. + 21:8. Ex 21:8 (Ex 21:7-11) (#5.361): T. Not to sell a Hebrew female servant to foreigner / R. The master must not sell his maidservant (more notes in Ex 21:8 OU360) He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:2+ 21:2. Ex 21:2 (#4.282): T. To free your Hebrew male servant on the seventh year, the Sh'mitta ·Release· Year / R. Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws (more notes in Ex 21:8 OU360) “If you buy a Hebrew [Immigrant] servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.

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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