Exodus 21:5

But if the servant plainly says, “I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,”

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

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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.

6then his master must bring him to God. The master must bring him to a door or doorpost, and his master must bore his ear through with an awl. Then the servant will serve him for life.

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:13Yahweh our God, other masters besides you have ruled over us; but we praise your name alone. 1

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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