Exodus 21:2
When thou shalt acquire a servant who is a Hebrew, six years, shall he serve,—but in the seventh shall he go out freely—for nought.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1Now, these are the regulations which thou shalt put before them.
Cross References
Genesis 27:36And he said, Is it because his name, is called, Jacob, that he hath tricked me, now twice? My birthright, he took away, And lo! now, he hath taken away my blessing! And he said, Hast thou not reserved for me a blessing?
Exodus 22:3should the sun have arisen upon him, there would be shedding of blood due for him,—he is surely to make restitution, if he hath nothing, then is he to be sold, for his theft.
Leviticus 25:54But if he be not redeemed in any of these ways, then shall he go out in the jubilee year, he, and his sons with him.
Deuteronomy 15:12When thy brother a Hebrew man (or a Hebrew woman) selleth himself unto thee, then shall he serve thee six years,—and in the seventh year, shalt thou let him go out free from thee;
Deuteronomy 31:10And Moses commanded them, saying,—At the end of seven years in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths;
Nehemiah 5:1Then came there to be a great outcry of the people and their wives,—against their brethren the Jews.
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 →