Exodus 21:2
Hebrew Servants
21:2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he will go out free without paying anything.
Exodus 22:3
22:3 If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief
must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.
Deuteronomy 15:12
Release of Debt Slaves
15:12 If your fellow Hebrew – whether male or female – is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant go free.
Deuteronomy 15:1
Release for Debt Slaves
15:1 At the end of every seven years you must declare a cancellation of debts.
Deuteronomy 9:22
9:22 Moreover, you continued to provoke the
Lord at Taberah,
Massah,
and Kibroth-Hattaavah.
Deuteronomy 9:2
9:2 They include the Anakites,
a numerous
and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said, “Who is able to resist the Anakites?”
Deuteronomy 4:1
The Privileges of the Covenant
4:1 Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
Nehemiah 5:5
5:5 And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen,
and our children are just like their children,
still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery.
Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help,
since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people.”
Jeremiah 34:14
34:14 “Every seven years each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you for six years, you shall set them free.”
But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention to me.