Exodus 21:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 (A)When you purchase a Hebrew slave,[a] he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he shall leave as a free person without any payment.
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- 21:2 Slave: an Israelite could become a slave of another Israelite as a means of paying a debt, or an Israelite could be born into slavery due to a parent’s status as a slave. Here a time limit is prescribed for such slavery; other stipulations (vv. 20–21, 26–27) tried to reduce the evils of slavery, but slavery itself is not condemned in the Old Testament.
Exodus 21:2
King James Version
2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
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Exodus 21:2
Evangelical Heritage Version
Laws About Servants
2 If you purchase a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, but in the seventh he may go free without paying anything.
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