Exo 21:2-3 | ESV | STEP | When you buy a Hebrew slave , he shall serve six years , and in the seventh he shall go out free , for nothing .

a Deut. 15:12; Jer. 34:14; See Lev. 25:39-41

‏ Exodus 21:2-3

2 ^aWhen you buy a Hebrew slave, ^{▼▼Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles; also verses 5, 6, 7, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32 (see Preface)} he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. 3 If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.