Exo 21:2 | ESV | STEP | When you buy a Hebrew slave , he shall serve six years , and in the seventh he shall go out free , for nothing .

a Deut. 15:12; Jer. 34:14; See Lev. 25:39-41

Exodus 21:2

2 ^aWhen you buy a Hebrew slave, ^{▼▼Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles; also verses 5, 6, 7, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32 (see Preface)} he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.