Slaves and Servants

Slaves and Servants

"If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment." (Exodus 21:2)

"For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale." (Leviticus 25:42)

"You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God." (Leviticus 25:43)

"Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; he shall not rule over him with severity in your sight." (Leviticus 25:53)

"If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave's service." (Leviticus 25:39)

"You shall furnish him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you." (Deuteronomy 15:14)

"When you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed." (Deuteronomy 15:13)

"If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people because of his unfairness to her." (Exodus 21:8)

"If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people because of his unfairness to her." (Exodus 21:8)

"If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people because of his unfairness to her." (Exodus 21:8)

"You may even bequeath them to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another." (Leviticus 25:46)

"He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your towns where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat him." (Deuteronomy 23:16)

"He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your towns where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat him." (Deuteronomy 23:16)

"You shall give him his wages on his day before the sun sets, for he is poor and sets his heart on it; so that he will not cry against you to the LORD and it become sin in you." (Deuteronomy 24:15)

"When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's standing grain." (Deuteronomy 23:25)

"When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's standing grain." (Deuteronomy 23:25)

"When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's standing grain." (Deuteronomy 23:25)

"You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing." (Deuteronomy 25:4)