Exodus 21:6
King James Version
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4If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.Select Exodus 21:4
5And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:Select Exodus 21:5
6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.Select Exodus 21:6
7And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.Select Exodus 21:7
8If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.Select Exodus 21:8
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WEB
21:6 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
ASV
21:6 then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
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