May God give to you – from the dew of the sky and from the richness of the land – an abundance of grain and new wine.
Exodus 21:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘When you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for six years; then in the seventh he is to leave as a free man without paying anything. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you buy a Hebrew servant [as the result of debt or theft], he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, paying nothing. [Lev. 25:39.] American Standard Version (1901) If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. Common English Bible When you buy a male Hebrew slave, he will serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he will go free without any payment. Catholic Public Domain Version If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you; in the seventh, he shall depart freely, without charge. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee: in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. |
May God give to you – from the dew of the sky and from the richness of the land – an abundance of grain and new wine.
So he said, ‘Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? , For he has cheated me twice now. He took my birthright, and look, now he has taken my blessing.’ Then he asked, ‘Haven’t you saved a blessing for me? ’
One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, ‘Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.’
and said, ‘We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back.’ They remained silent and could not say a word.
But any slave a man has purchased may eat it, after you have circumcised him.
If he arrives alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrives with a wife, his wife is to leave with him.
‘When a man sells his daughter as a concubine, she is not to leave as the male slaves do.
But if this happens after sunrise, the householder is guilty of bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution. If he is unable, he is to be sold because of his theft.
If he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children are to be released at the Year of Jubilee.
Since he did not have the money to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.
Do not regard it as a hardship when you set him free, because he worked for you six years #– #worth twice the wages of a hired worker. Then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
Moses commanded them, ‘At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of debt cancellation, during the Festival of Shelters,