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[And] if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Si l'un de tes frères hébreux, homme ou femme, se vend à toi, il te servira six années; mais la septième année, tu le renverras libre de chez toi.

KJV

[And] if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)

    ὶ M (Tisch.) 20 σὰς om. M 21 τὰς om. M (Tisch.) 23 μηδὲ R: μήδ’ MF (v) ἐπαναστάσεσιν M 4 Exod. 21,2. Deut. 15,12. 14 Lev. 25,39. 40. 22 Lev. 25,43.46. μεμετρημένας· τὸ γὰρ „μηδὲν ἄγαν“ ἐπὶ πάντων ἄριστον καὶ μάλιστα πρὸς οἰκέτας δεσποτῶν. ὑπηρετηθεὶς μέντοι χρόνον αὐταρκέστατον,…
  • Philo Judaeus

    De Virtutibus

    ξιον μηδέν SCG 2: μηδὲν ἀνάξιον (ἂξιον Α) ceteri (v) τῆς] τοῖς S 16 sqq. Lev. 25,39. 40. Exod. 21,2. Deut. 15,12. 16 sqq. Clem. Alex. 1. 1. ἔτι τοὺς ἐπὶ τροφῆ δουλεύοντας ἀτιμάζεσθαι κωλύει, τοῖς τε ἐκ δανείων καταὸουλωθεῖσιν ἐκεχειρίαν τὴν εἰς πᾶν οἰδῶσιν ἐνιαυτῷ ἑβδόμῳ. ἐκ γένο…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 101 (Migne)

    raeus, vel quae est Hebraea, serviet tibi sex annis, et in septimo anno dimittes eum liberum abs te (Deut. XV, 12) . Et in eodem: Constituendo constitues super te principem, quem elegerit Dominus Deus tuus, eum, qui ex fratribus tuis sit (Ibid., XVII, 15) . Et reliqua. Cognation…

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