Exo 21:2-3, Lev 25:40-41, Isa 49:9, 25, 52:3 | 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

c[See ver. 28 above]

d[Ex. 21:3]

e ver. 13, 28

f ch. 42:7

g[ch. 41:18]

h[Matt. 12:29; Luke 11:21, 22]

i ch. 45:13; 50:1

j[1 Pet. 1:18]

Exodus 21:2-3

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. 3 If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.

Leviticus 25:40-41

40 he shall be with you as a hired worker and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of the jubilee. 41 ^cThen he shall go out from you, ^dhe and his children with him, and go back to his own clan and return ^eto the possession of his fathers.

Isaiah 49:9

9 ^fsaying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
^gThey shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;

Isaiah 49:25

25 For thus says the Lord:
^h“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.

Isaiah 52:3

3 For thus says the Lord: ⁱ“You were sold for nothing, and ^jyou shall be redeemed without money.”