21 Temporal and civil ordinances appointed by God touching servitude, murders, and wrongs: the observation whereof doth not justify a man, but are given to bridle our corrupt nature, which else would break out into all mischief and cruelty.

Now these are the laws, which thou shalt set before them:

(A)If thou buy an Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free for [a]nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:2 Paying no money for his liberty.

21 “These are the laws(A) you are to set before them:

Hebrew Servants(B)(C)

“If you buy a Hebrew servant,(D) he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free,(E) without paying anything.

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