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If she does not please her master, who has designated her[a] for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed; he shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt faithlessly with her. If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter. 10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

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  1. Exodus 21:8 Another reading is so that he has not designated her

If she [a]does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters. 10 If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, (A)and her marriage rights.

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  1. Exodus 21:8 Lit. is evil in the eyes of

“If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he has deceived her.

“But, if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of the daughters.

10 “If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights.

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