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(A)If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve you for six years. In the seventh year he is to be set free without having to pay anything.

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The Treatment of Slaves(A)

12 (B)“If any Israelites, male or female, sell themselves[a] to you as slaves, you are to release them after they have served you for six years. When the seventh year comes, you must let them go free. 13 When you set them free, do not send them away empty-handed. 14 Give to them generously from what the Lord has blessed you with—sheep, grain, and wine. 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God set you free; that is why I am now giving you this command.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:12 sell themselves; or are sold.

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