Exodus 21:7

Easy To Read Version

“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.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:5

\{Look at those rich people!\} We are as good as they are. Our sons are as good as their sons. But we will have to sell our sons and daughters as slaves. Some of us have already had to sell our daughters as slaves! There is nothing we can do! We already lost our fields and vineyards! Other people own them now!”

Exodus 21:6

If this happens, then the master will bring the slave before God. The master will take the slave to a door or the wooden frame around the door. And the master will make a hole through the slave’s ear using a sharp tool. Then the slave will serve that master for all his life.

Exodus 21:8

If the master is not pleased with the woman, then he can sell the woman back to her father. If the master promised {to marry the woman}, then he loses the right to sell the woman to other people.