KJVIf thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
`When thou buyest a Hebrew servant--six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;
If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Exodus — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Now these are the judgments. Both passages contain the same appointment, viz., that as to the Hebrews slavery must end at the seventh year; for God would have the children of Abraham, although obliged to sell themselves, to differ from heathen and ordinary slaves. Their enfranchisement is, therefore, enjoined,…