Exodus 21:2

Easy To Read Version

“If you buy a Hebrew [133] slave, then that slave will serve for only six years. After six years he will become free. He will have to pay nothing.

Cross References

Genesis 27:28

May the Lord give you plenty of rain so you will have good crops and wine.

Genesis 27:36

Esau said, “His name is Jacob (‘Tricky’). That is the right name for him. He has tricked me twice. He took away my rights as the firstborn son. [161] And now he has taken away my blessing.” Then Esau said, “Have you saved any blessing for me?”

2 Kings 4:1

A man from the group of prophets [22] had a wife. {This man died.} His wife cried out to Elisha, “My husband was like a servant to you. Now my husband is dead! You know he honored the Lord. But he owed money to a man. And now that man is coming to take my two boys and make them his slaves!”

Nehemiah 5:8

And I said to those people, “Our Jewish brothers were sold as slaves to people in other countries. We did our best to buy them back and make them free. And now, you are selling them like slaves again!”

Exodus 12:44

But if a person buys a slave, and if he circumcises [77] him, then the slave can eat the Passover.

Exodus 21:3

If the person is not married when he becomes your slave, then when he becomes free, he will leave without a wife. But if the man is married when he becomes your slave, then he will keep his wife at the time he is made free.

Exodus 21:7

“A man might decide to sell his daughter as a slave. If this happens, the rules for making her free are not the same as the rules for making the men slaves free.

Leviticus 25:54

“That person will become free, even if no one buys him back. At the year of Jubilee [439] he and his children will become free.

Matthew 18:25

The servant was not able to pay the money to his master, the king. So the master ordered that everything the servant owned should be sold, even the servant’s wife and children. The money would be used to pay the king what the servant owed.

1 Corinthians 6:20

You were bought \{by God\} at a price. So honor God with your bodies.

Deuteronomy 15:1

“At the end of every seven years, you must cancel debts.

Deuteronomy 15:18

“Don’t feel bad about letting your slave go free. Remember, he served you six years at only half the money you would have paid a hired person. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 31:10

Then Moses spoke to the leaders. He said, “At the end of every seven years, in the Year of Freedom, read these Teachings at the Festival of Shelters.