“I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

“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.

“If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do.

If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

You may have the Sabbath produce of the land to eat – you, your male servant, your female servant, your hired worker, the resident foreigner who stays with you,

“‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.

the land that the Lord subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle.”

but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, to do battle in the Lord’s presence, just as my lord says.”

“I am the Lord your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery.

be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.

you must say to them, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.

be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.

So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab as the Lord had said.

But they said to Joshua, “We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.

He will take your best fields and vineyards and give them to his own servants.

He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use.

Then Saul’s servants said to him, “Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you!”