Exo 21:2, 23:11, Lev 25:4, Jer 34:14 | 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

d[See ver. 9 above]

e ch. 7:24, 26; 11:8; 17:23; 25:4; 35:15; 44:5

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 23:11

11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.

Leviticus 25:4

4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

Jeremiah 34:14

14 ^c‘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; ^dyou must set him free from your service.’ But ^eyour fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.