◄ Exodus 21:5 ►
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Good News Translation
But if the slave declares that he loves his master, his wife, and his children and does not want to be set free,

New Revised Standard Version
But if the slave declares, “I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out a free person,”

Contemporary English Version
But suppose the slave loves his wife and children and his owner so much that he won't leave them.

New American Bible
If, however, the slave declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I will not leave as a free person,’

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

and if

Deuteronomy 15:16,17 But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee: . . .

Isaiah 26:13 O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us, only in thee let us remember thy name.

2 Corinthians 5:14,15 For the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one died for all, then all were dead. . . .

shall plainly say.

Context
Laws for Servants
…4But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters; the woman and her children shall be her master's: but he himself shall go out with his raiment. 5And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:6His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.…
Cross References
Exodus 21:4
But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters; the woman and her children shall be her master's: but he himself shall go out with his raiment.

Exodus 21:6
His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.

Deuteronomy 15:16
But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee:

Deuteronomy 15:17
Thou shalt take an awl, and bore through his ear in the door of thy house, and he shall serve thee for ever: thou shalt do in like manner to thy womanservant also.

Exodus 21:4
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