Exodus 21:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.”
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“And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 21:7 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
- Nehemiah 5:5We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
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