Exodus 21:2
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Laws about Slaves
2 “When you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for six years; then in the seventh he is to leave as a free man[a] without paying anything.(A)
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- Exodus 21:2 Lit to go forth
Exodus 21:2
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Hebrew Servants(A)(B)
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant,(C) he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free,(D) without paying anything.
Leviticus 25:39
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39 “If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you,(A) you must not force him to do slave labor.
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Leviticus 25:39
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39 “‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.(A)
2 Kings 4:1
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The Widow’s Oil Multiplied
4 One of the wives of the sons of the prophets(A) cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord.(B) Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.”(C)
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2 Kings 4:1
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The Widow’s Olive Oil
4 The wife of a man from the company(A) of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor(B) is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”
Nehemiah 5:5
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5 We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery.(A) Some of our daughters are already enslaved,(B) but we are powerless[a] because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
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- Nehemiah 5:5 Lit but there is not the power in our hand
Nehemiah 5:5
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5 Although we are of the same flesh and blood(A) as our fellow Jews and though our children are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery.(B) Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”(C)
Nehemiah 5:8
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8 and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back.”(A) They remained silent and could not say a word.(B)
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Nehemiah 5:8
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8 and said: “As far as possible, we have bought(A) back our fellow Jews who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!” They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.(B)
Luke 7:42
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42 Since they could not pay it back,(A) he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more?”
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Luke 7:42
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42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
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