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Exodus 21:7

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And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

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  1. Exodus 21:5

    And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

  2. Exodus 21:6

    Then 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.

  3. Exodus 21:8

    If 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.

  4. Exodus 21:9

    And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

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