Exodus 21:2

New Living Translation

“If you buy a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.

Cross References

Genesis 27:28

“From the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth, may God always give you abundant harvests of grain and bountiful new wine.

Genesis 27:36

Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice. First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven’t you saved even one blessing for me?”

2 Kings 4:1

One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the Lord. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”

Nehemiah 5:8

At the meeting I said to them, “We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?” And they had nothing to say in their defense.

Exodus 12:44

But any slave who has been purchased may eat it if he has been circumcised.

Exodus 21:3

If he was single when he became your slave, he shall leave single. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife must be freed with him.

Exodus 21:7

“When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are.

Exodus 22:3

But if it happens in daylight, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murder. “A thief who is caught must pay in full for everything he stole. If he cannot pay, he must be sold as a slave to pay for his theft.

Leviticus 25:54

If any Israelites have not been bought back by the time the Year of Jubilee arrives, they and their children must be set free at that time.

Matthew 18:25

He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.

1 Corinthians 6:20

for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.

Deuteronomy 15:1

“At the end of every seventh year you must cancel the debts of everyone who owes you money.

Deuteronomy 15:18

“You must not consider it a hardship when you release your servants. Remember that for six years they have given you services worth double the wages of hired workers, and the Lord your God will bless you in all you do.

Deuteronomy 31:10

Then Moses gave them this command: “At the end of every seventh year, the Year of Release, during the Festival of Shelters,