Bible verse

Exodus 21:7

And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.

Exodus 21:7 · BSB

Exodus 21:7 in context

The verses around it, from Exodus 21.

3 If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.

4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.

5 But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’

6 then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

7 And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.

8 If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

9 And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.

10 If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.

11 If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.

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Exodus 21:7 in other translations

KJV

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

ASV

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.

ERV

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

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