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. Exodus 22:3
3but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then che shall be sold for his theft.Deuteronomy 15:12
12 d“If your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold ▼▼Or sells himself
to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. 1 Kings 9:22
22But fof the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves. They were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and his horsemen.2 Kings 4:1
Elisha and the Widow’s Oil
1Now the wife of one of the gsons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, hbut the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”Nehemiah 5:5
5Now iour flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet jwe are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”Jeremiah 34:14
14 k‘At the end of seven years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; lyou must set him free from your service.’ But myour fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.
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