Exodus 21:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant or bondwoman, she shall not go out [in six years] as menservants do. American Standard Version (1901) And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. Common English Bible When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shouldn’t be set free in the same way as male slaves are set free. Catholic Public Domain Version If anyone sells his daughter to be a servant, she shall not depart as a female servant is accustomed to go out. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out. |
Now our flesh is the same as that of our kindred; our children are the same as their children; and yet we are forcing our sons and daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been ravished; we are powerless, and our fields and vineyards now belong to others.”
then his master shall bring him before God. He shall be brought to the door or the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him for life.
If she does not please her master, who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed; he shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt unfairly with her.