Exodus 21:3

If he came by himself, he must go free by himself; if he is married, then his wife must go free with him.

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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

2'If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, and in the seventh year he will go free without paying anything.

4If his master gave him a wife and she bore him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her master, and he must go free by himself.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:12If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let him go free from you.

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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