54 And if he is not redeemed by these means, then (A)he and his children with him shall be released in the year of jubilee.

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(A)When you buy a Hebrew slave,[a] he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.

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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)

For thus says the Lord: (A)“You were sold for nothing, and (B)you shall be redeemed without money.”

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25 For thus says the Lord:
(A)“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
    and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
    and I will save your children.

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(A)saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
    to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
(B)They shall feed along the ways;
    on all bare heights shall be their pasture;

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40 he shall be with you as a hired worker and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of the jubilee. 41 (A)Then he shall go out from you, (B)he and his children with him, and go back to his own clan and return (C)to the possession of his fathers.

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