Slavery – The Law of Moses – The Brick Bible

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'When you purchase a Hebrew slave...'

1 of 14 Exodus 21:2

'...his service will last for six years.'

2 of 14 Exodus 21:2

'In the seventh year he will leave a free man. If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and children will belong to the master, and he will depart alone.'

3 of 14 Exodus 21:2,4

'But if the slave says to you, I do not want to leave you, because he loves you and your family, and is well off with you...'

4 of 14 Deuteronomy 15:16

'...then you must take an awl and drive it through the slave's ear and into the door. He will be your servant forever.'

5 of 14 Deuteronomy 15:17

'If a man sells his daughter as a slave...'

6 of 14 Exodus 21:7

'...she will not leave as male slaves do.'

7 of 14 Exodus 21:7

'If she does not please her master who intended her for himself...'

8 of 14 Exodus 21:8

'...he must let her be bought back.'

9 of 14 Exodus 21:8

'If someone beats his slave...'

10 of 14 Exodus 21:20

'...and the slave dies at his hands...'

11 of 14 Exodus 21:20

'...he shall certainly be avenged.'

12 of 14 Exodus 21:20

'But should the slave survive for one day or two...'

13 of 14 Exodus 21:21

'...he will pay no penalty because the slave is his owner's property.'

14 of 14 Exodus 21:21

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