Exodus 21:8

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If the master who chose her for himself is not pleased with her, then he can sell the woman back to her father. If the master broke his promise to marry her, he loses the right to sell her to other people.

Cross References

Judges 14:3

His father and his mother answered, “But surely there is a woman from the Israelites you can marry. Do you have to marry a woman from the Philistines? Their men are not even circumcised.” But Samson said, “Get that woman for me! She is the one I want!”

Judges 9:19

So if you have been completely honest to Gideon and his family today, then may you be happy with Abimelech as your king. And may he be happy with you.

Deuteronomy 20:7

Is there any man here who is engaged to be married? That man should go back home. If he dies in the battle, another man will marry the woman he is engaged to.’

Exodus 8:29

Moses said, “Look, I will leave and ask the Lord to remove the flies from you, your people, and your officials tomorrow. But you must not stop the people from offering sacrifices to the Lord.”

Genesis 28:8

Esau saw from this that his father did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.

Job 6:15

But I cannot depend on you, my brothers. You are like a stream that has no water when the weather is dry but is flooded when the rains come.

1 Samuel 18:8

This song upset Saul and he became very angry. Saul thought, “The women give David credit for killing tens of thousands of the enemy, and they give me credit for only thousands. A little more of this and they will give him the kingdom itself!”

1 Samuel 8:6

So the elders asked for a king to lead them. Samuel thought this was a bad idea, so he prayed to the Lord.

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.

Exodus 21:9

If the master promised to let the slave woman marry his son, he must treat her like a daughter, not like a slave.

Ezekiel 15:8

I will destroy that country because the people left me to worship false gods.” This is what the Lord GOD said.