Exodus 21:3

Easy To Read Version

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.

Cross References

Exodus 21:2

“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.

Exodus 21:4

If the slave is not married, the master can give him a wife. If that wife gives birth to sons or daughters, then she and her children will belong to the master. After the slave is finished with his years of service, then he will be 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 25:41

Then he can leave you. He can take his children and go back to his family. He can go back to the property of his ancestors. [435]