but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He[a] shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then (A)he shall be sold for his theft.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 22:3 That is, the thief

(A)When you buy a Hebrew slave,[a] he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:2 Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles; also verses 5, 6, 7, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32 (see Preface)

25 (A)And since he could not pay, his master ordered him (B)to be sold, with his wife and (C)children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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Israel's Sin and the Servant's Obedience

50 Thus says the Lord:
“Where is (A)your mother's certificate of divorce,
    with which (B)I sent her away?
Or (C)which of my creditors is it
    to whom I have sold you?
(D)Behold, for your iniquities you were sold,
    and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

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So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and (A)he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites,

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14 (A)So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he (B)gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. (C)And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, (D)so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.

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