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.
9 And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.
10 If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, aand her marriage rights.
11 And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.
The Law Concerning Violence
12 a“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
13 However, aif he did not lie in wait, but God bdelivered him into his hand, then cI will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Exodus 21:7.
Exodus 21:7-11
The first command regarding the treatment of slaves is that a man who has purchased a female slave with the intention of making her an inferior wife is not permitted to treat her as a slave. You will find that in Exodus 21:7-11.
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