Exodus 21:7 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 21:7

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

KJV

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ASV

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.

WEB

And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.

YLT

`And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;

DBT

And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Nehemiah 5:5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Exodus 21:2–3
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Genesis 31:15
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
Deuteronomy 21:14
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
Isaiah 50:1
Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

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20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

if a man sell his daughter--Hebrew girls might be redeemed for a reasonable sum. But in the event of her parents or friends being unable to pay the redemption money, her owner was not at liberty to sell her elsewhere.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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