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Exodus 21:7
Exodus 21:7 is verse 7 of Exodus chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
King James Version
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
World English Bible
“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
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Exodus 21:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’
6 then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.
7 And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
8 If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
9 And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Nehemiah 5:5We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
Exodus 21:2If 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.
Exodus 21:3If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.