Exodus 21:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 21:7

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

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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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 21

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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