Exodus 21:2
"If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing."
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- Deuteronomy 15:12
"And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 15:18
"It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 12:44
"But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 15:1
"At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release."
Read in chapter → - Nehemiah 5:8
"And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 34:8
"This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;"
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 31:10
"And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,"
Read in chapter → - Exodus 22:3
"If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft."
Read in chapter → - Leviticus 25:39
"And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:"
Read in chapter → - Nehemiah 5:1
"And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews."
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