Exodus 21:8

God's Word

If she doesn’t please the master who has chosen her as a wife, he must let her be bought back by one of her close relatives. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has treated her unfairly.

Cross References

Genesis 28:8

Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of Canaanite women.

Job 6:15

My brothers have been as deceptive as seasonal rivers, like the seasonal riverbeds that flood.

Exodus 21:7

“Whenever a man sells his daughter into slavery, she will not go free the way male slaves do.

Exodus 21:9

But if he has chosen her for his son, he must treat her like a daughter.

Exodus 8:29

Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord. Tomorrow the swarms of flies will go away from you, your officials, and your people. But you must stop tricking us by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”

Ezekiel 15:8

I will turn the country into a wasteland because they have been unfaithful,” declares the Almighty Lord.

Deuteronomy 20:7

If you are engaged to a woman but have not married her, you may go home. Otherwise, you might die in battle, and someone else will marry her.”

Judges 14:3

His father and mother asked him, “Aren’t there any women among our relatives or all our people? Do you have to marry a woman from those godless Philistines?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She’s the one I want!”

Judges 9:19

So if you are now acting with sincerity and integrity toward Jerubbaal and his family, then be happy with Abimelech and let Abimelech be happy with you.

1 Samuel 18:8

Saul became very angry because he considered this saying to be insulting. “To David they credit tens of thousands,” he said, “but to me they credit ⌞only⌟ a few thousand. The only thing left for David is my kingdom.”

1 Samuel 8:6

But Samuel considered it wrong for them to request a king to judge them. So Samuel prayed to the Lord.