Exodus 21:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If she doesn't please the man who bought her to be his wife, he must let her be bought back. He cannot sell her to foreigners; this would break the contract he made with her.

Cross References

Genesis 28:8

Esau already had several wives, but he realized at last how much his father hated the Canaanite women.

Job 6:15

But you are treacherous as streams that swell with melting snow,

Exodus 21:7

A young woman who was sold by her father doesn't gain her freedom in the same way that a man does.

Exodus 21:9

If he selects her as a wife for his son, he must treat her as his own daughter.

Exodus 8:29

“Your Majesty,” Moses replied, “I'll pray for you as soon as I leave, and by tomorrow the flies will stop bothering you, your officials, and the citizens of your country. Only make sure that you're telling the truth this time and that you really intend to let our people offer sacrifices to the LORD.”

Ezekiel 15:8

I will make their country an empty wasteland, because they have not been loyal to me. I, the LORD God, have spoken.

Deuteronomy 20:7

If any of you are engaged to be married, you may go back home and get married. It isn't right for you to die in battle and for somebody else to marry the woman you are engaged to.

Judges 14:3

His parents answered, “There are a lot of women in our clan and even more in the rest of Israel. Those Philistines are pagans. Why would you want to marry one of their women?” “She looks good to me,” Samson answered. “Get her for me!”

Judges 9:19

So, you leaders of Shechem, if you treated Gideon and his family the way you should have, then I hope you and Abimelech will make each other very happy.

1 Samuel 18:8

This song made Saul very angry, and he thought, “They are saying that David has killed ten times more enemies than I ever did. Next they will want to make him king.”

1 Samuel 8:6

Samuel was upset to hear the leaders say they wanted a king, so he prayed about it.