Exodus 21:8

New Century Version

If the master wanted to marry her but then decided he was not pleased with her, he must let one of her close relatives buy her back. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has treated her unfairly.

Cross References

Genesis 28:8

So Esau saw that his father Isaac did not want his sons to marry Canaanite women.

Job 6:15

But my brothers cannot be counted on. They are like streams that do not always flow, streams that sometimes run over.

Exodus 21:7

“If a man sells his daughter as a slave, the rules for setting her free are different from the rules for setting the male slaves free.

Exodus 21:9

If the man who bought her promises to let the woman marry his son, he must treat her as a daughter.

Exodus 8:29

Moses said, “I will leave and pray to the Lord, and he will take the flies away from you, your officers, and your people tomorrow. But do not try to trick us again. Do not stop the people from going to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”

Ezekiel 15:8

So I will make the land empty, because the people have not been loyal, says the Lord God.”

Deuteronomy 20:7

Is any man engaged to a woman and not yet married to her? He may go home, because he might die in battle and someone else would marry her.”

Judges 14:3

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

Judges 9:19

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

1 Samuel 18:8

The women’s song upset Saul, and he became very angry. He thought, “The women say David has killed tens of thousands, but they say I have killed only thousands. The only thing left for him to have is the kingdom!”

1 Samuel 8:6

When the elders said that, Samuel was not pleased. He prayed to the Lord,