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Exodus 21:2-4
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 21:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 “When you buy a Hebrew slave, he will serve you for six years and in the seventh year he will go free, without paying anything.[a] 3 If he entered into slavery unmarried, he will go out alone. If he is married, then his wife will go with him. 4 If his master has given him a wife and she has had sons or daughters, the woman and her children will be the property of the master and he will go out alone.
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- Exodus 21:2 God did not forbid slavery, but he clearly wanted to set limits on it. Perpetual slavery would not be tolerated.