Deu 15:12-18 | NASB2020 | STEP | “ If your fellow countryman , a Hebrew man or woman , is sold to you, then he shall serve you for six years , but in the seventh year you shall set him free .

Deuteronomy 15:12-18

12 “ ^aIf your fellow countryman, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you for six years, but in the seventh year you shall set him ^{▼▼Lit free from you}free. 13 And when you set him ^{▼▼Lit free from you}free, you shall not send him away empty-handed. 14 You shall give generously to him from your flock, your threshing floor, and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the Lord your God has blessed you. 15 And you are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding ^{▼▼Lit this thing}this of you today. 16 But it shall come about, ^eif he says to you, ‘I will not leave you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is doing well with you, 17 then you shall take an ^{▼▼I.e., a pointed tool}awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant permanently. You shall also do the same to your female slave.

18 “It shall not seem difficult for you when you set him ^{▼▼Lit free from you}free, because he has given you six years with double the ^{▼▼Lit wages}service of a hired worker; so the Lord your God will bless you in whatever you do.