Exodus 21:2
21:1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
KJV
“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
If you buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
What does Exodus 21:2 mean?
Exodus 21:2 is a verse in the book of Exodus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָנָה (qânâh), עִבְרִי (ʻIbrîy), עֶבֶד (ʻebed). It connects to 14 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Cross-references
Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Genesis 27:36And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? Jacob: that is, A supplanter
Exodus 12:44But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
Exodus 22:3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Deuteronomy 15:1At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
Deuteronomy 15:12And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
Deuteronomy 15:18It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
Deuteronomy 31:10And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
2 Kings 4:1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Nehemiah 5:1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Nehemiah 5:8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
Jeremiah 34:8This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
Matthew 18:25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
1 Corinthians 6:20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
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Verses like this
Other verses that share key original-language words with Exodus 21:2.
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. hath been: or, hath sold himself
Isaiah 20:3And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Jeremiah 28:17So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah 34:9That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
Frequently asked questions
What does Exodus 21:2 say?
Exodus 21:2 (King James Version) reads: "If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing."
Is Exodus 21:2 in the Old or New Testament?
Exodus 21:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Exodus.
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