Deuteronomy 15:12
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
KJV
Cum tibi venditus fuerit frater tuus Hebræus aut Hebræa, et sex annis servierit tibi, in septimo anno dimittes eum liberum :
Vulgate
Ἐὰν δὲ πραθῇ σοι ὁ ἀδελφός σου ὁ Ἐβραῖος καὶ ἡ Ἐβραία, δουλεύσει σοι ἓξ ἔτη, καὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ ἐξαποστελεῖς αὐτὸν ἐλεύθερον ἀπὸ σοῦ.
LXX
If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
ASV
כִּֽי יִמָּכֵ֨ר לְ/ךָ֜ אָחִ֣י/ךָ הָֽ/עִבְרִ֗י א֚וֹ הָֽ/עִבְרִיָּ֔ה וַ/עֲבָֽדְ/ךָ֖ שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וּ/בַ/שָּׁנָה֙ הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֔ת תְּשַׁלְּחֶ֥/נּוּ חָפְשִׁ֖י מֵ/עִמָּֽ/ךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 15:1 — At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
- Deut 24:14 — Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
- Exod 21:2 — If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
- Exod 21:2 — If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
- Jer 34:14 — At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hear
- Jer 34:14 — At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hear
- John 8:35 — And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
- Lev 25:39 — And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: