- be sold:
- "If¹ thou buyª° an Hebrewª servant,ª sixª yearsª he shall serve:ª° and in the seventhª he shall go outª° freeª for nothing.ª" {Exd 21:2} + "If¹ the sunª be risenª° upon¹ him, [there shall be] bloodª [shed] for him; [for] he should make full²° restitution;ª° if¹ he have nothing,¹ then he shall be soldª° for his theft.ª" {Exd 22:3} + "[And] if¹ thy brother,ª an Hebrew man,ª or¹ an Hebrew woman,ª be soldª° unto thee, and serveª° thee sixª years;ª then in the seventhª yearª thou shalt let him goª° freeª from¹¹ thee." {Deu 15:12} + "But of the childrenª¹ of Israelª did Solomonª makeª° no¹ bondmen:ª but¹ they¹ [were] men²¹ of war,ª and his servants,ª and his princes,ª and his captains,ª and rulersª of his chariots,ª and his horsemen.ª" {1Kg 9:22} + "Now there criedª° a certainª womanª of the wivesª¹ of the sonsª of the prophetsª unto¹ Elisha,ª saying,ª° Thy servantª my husbandª is dead;ª° and thou¹ knowestª° that¹ thy servantª did¹ fear²¹¹ the LORD:ª and the creditorª° is comeª° to takeª° unto him¹ my twoª sonsª to be bondmen.ª" {2Kg 4:1} + "Yet now¹ our fleshª [is] as the fleshª of our brethren,ª our childrenª as their children:ª and, lo,¹ we¹ bring into bondageª°¹ our sonsª and our daughtersª to be servants,ª and [some] of our daughtersª¹ areª brought unto bondageª° [already]: neither¹ [is it] in our powerªª [to redeem them]; for other¹ men² have our landsª and vineyards.ª" {Neh 5:5} + "At the endª¹ of sevenª yearsª let ye goª° every manª¹ his brotherª an Hebrew,ª which¹ hath been soldª° unto thee; and when he hath servedª° thee sixª years,ª thou shalt let him goª° freeª from¹¹ thee: but your fathersª hearkenedª° not¹ unto¹ me, neither¹ inclinedª°¹ their ear.ª" {Jer 34:14}
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