Quotes about Servitude
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.
- Exodus 21:4
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.
- Exodus 21:6
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.
- Exodus 21:8
If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
- Exodus 21:20
However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
- Exodus 21:21
But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
- Leviticus 22:11
Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them.
- Leviticus 25:44
He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.
- Leviticus 25:50
He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.
- Leviticus 25:53
If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.
- Deuteronomy 15:12
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
- Deuteronomy 20:11
you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
- Deuteronomy 28:48