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If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
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A Progressive Law
Commentators explain that while slavery was a common part of ancient society, this law was remarkably progressive. A Hebrew could enter servitude due to debt or theft, but God placed a strict six-year limit on it. As scholar Charles Ellicott notes, this was a huge advance in social justice, showing God's sympathy for the vulnerable and setting Israel apart from other nations.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A Hebrew might be sold as a bondservant in consequence of either debt (Leviticus 25:39) or of committing theft (Exodus 22:3…
19th Century
Anglican
If thou buy an Hebrew servant. —Ancient society was founded upon slavery. “The ultimate elements of the household,” says …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If you buy an Hebrew servant Who sells himself either through poverty, or rather is sold because of his theft, see (…
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