Exodus 21:7

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

And if a man {H376} sell {H4376} his daughter {H1323} to be a maidservant {H519}, she shall not go out {H3318} as the menservants {H5650} do {H3318}.

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

And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Nehemiah 5:5 (4 votes)

    Yet now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and [some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [already]: neither [is it] in our power [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

  • Exodus 21:2 (3 votes)

    If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

  • Exodus 21:3 (3 votes)

    If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.