Exodus 21:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 21:1

The Law Concerning Servants

1 “Now these are the¹ judgments which you shall ^aset before them:

2 ^aIf you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.

3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.

4 If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

5 ^aBut if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

6 then his master shall bring him to the ^ajudges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

7 “And if a man ^asells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.

8 If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 21:1

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American Standard Version
Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.

Amplified® Bible
NOW THESE are the ordinances you [Moses] shall set before [the Israelites].

Contemporary English Version
The LORD gave Moses the following laws for his people:

Darby English Version
And these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

Good News Bible
"Give the Israelites the following laws:

King James Version
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

New American Standard Bible
"Now these are the ordinances which you are to set before them:

New International Version
"These are the laws you are to set before them:

New King James Version
“Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now these we identify as the ordinances which you will set before them:

Revised Standard Version
"Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.

Young's Literal Translation
`And these `are' the judgments which thou dost set before them:

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The Law Concerning Servants

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