Exodus 21:1-11 (CJB) | TrulyRandomVerse

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"These are the rulings you are to present to them:

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"If you purchase a Hebrew slave, he is to work six years; but in the seventh, he is to be given his freedom without having to pay anything.

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If he came single, he is to leave single; if he was married when he came, his wife is to go with him when he leaves.

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But if his master gave him a wife, and she bore him sons or daughters, then the wife and her children will belong to her master, and he will leave by himself.

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Nevertheless, if the slave declares, 'I love my master, my wife and my children, so I don't want to go free,'

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then his master is to bring him before God; and there at the door or doorpost, his master is to pierce his ear with an awl; and the man will be his slave for life.

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"If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to go free like the men-slaves.

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If her master married her but decides she no longer pleases him, then he is to allow her to be redeemed. He is not allowed to sell her to a foreign people, because he has treated her unfairly.

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If he has her marry his son, then he is to treat her like a daughter.

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If he marries another wife, he is not to reduce her food, clothing or marital rights.

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If he fails to provide her with these three things, she is to be given her freedom without having to pay anything.

Exodus 21:1-11

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