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Exodus 21:6-8
International Standard Version
Exodus 21:6-8
International Standard Version
6 then his master is to bring him before the judges[a] and he is to bring him to the door or to the doorpost. His master is to pierce his ear with an awl, and he is to serve him permanently.
7 “When a man sells his daughter as a servant, she won’t go out as the male servants do.[b] 8 If she’s displeasing to[c] her master who selected her for himself,[d] he must let her be redeemed. He does not have the right to sell her to foreign people, because he has dealt unfairly[e] with her.
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- Exodus 21:6 Or before God
- Exodus 21:7 The Heb. lacks as the male servants do
- Exodus 21:8 Lit. bad in the eyes of
- Exodus 21:8 I.e. as a secondary wife also called a mistress or concubine
- Exodus 21:8 Or treacherously
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