Exodus 21:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“If you buy a Hebrew slave, then that slave will serve for only six years. After six years, he will be free, and he will have to pay nothing.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 15:18

“Don’t regret letting your slave go free. Remember, he served you six years for half of what you would have paid a hired worker. The Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

Exodus 12:44

A foreigner who is only a hired worker or is only staying in your country is not allowed to eat the meal. But if someone buys a slave and circumcises him, then the slave can eat the Passover meal.

Nehemiah 5:8

and said to them, “Our fellow Jews 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!” The rich people and officials kept quiet. They could not find anything to say.

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.

Deuteronomy 15:1

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

1 Corinthians 6:20

God paid a very high price to make you his. So honor God with your body.

Matthew 18:25

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

2 Kings 4:1

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

Genesis 27:36

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

Genesis 27:28

May God give you plenty of rain, good crops, and wine.

Exodus 21:3

If he is not married when he becomes your slave, 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

“Those who sold themselves will become free, even if no one buys them back. At the year of Jubilee, they and their children will become free.