If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything. Cross References Matthew 18:25 Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned. Exodus 21:3 If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him. Exodus 21:7 And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do. Leviticus 25:39 If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor. Leviticus 25:40 Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. Deuteronomy 15:12 If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free. Jeremiah 34:8 After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD Jeremiah 34:14 Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear. Treasury of Scripture If you buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. an Hebrew Exodus 12:44 Exodus 22:3 Genesis 27:28,36 and in the Leviticus 25:40-43,45 Deuteronomy 15:1,12-15,18 Deuteronomy 31:10 |
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