Deuteronomy 15:12
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When thy brother a Hebrew man, or Hebrew woman is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free:

Deuteronomy 15:1 In the seventh year thou shalt make a remission,

Exodus 21:2-6 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee; in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. . . .

Leviticus 25:39-41 If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee: thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants. . . .

Jeremiah 34:14 At the end of seven years, let ye go every man his brother being a Hebrew, who hath been sold to thee, so he shall serve thee six years: and thou shalt let him go free from thee: and your fathers did not hearken to me, nor did they incline their ear.

John 8:35,36 Now the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the son abideth for ever. . . .

Context
Release of Hebrew Servants
12When thy brother a Hebrew man, or Hebrew woman is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free:13And when thou sendest him out free, thou shalt not let him go away empty:…
Cross References
Exodus 21:2
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee; in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

Leviticus 25:39
If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee: thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants.

Deuteronomy 15:13
And when thou sendest him out free, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

Jeremiah 34:14
At the end of seven years, let ye go every man his brother being a Hebrew, who hath been sold to thee, so he shall serve thee six years: and thou shalt let him go free from thee: and your fathers did not hearken to me, nor did they incline their ear.

Lexicon
If
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

a fellow
אָחִ֣יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

Hebrew,
הָֽעִבְרִ֗י (hā·‘iḇ·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5680: Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite

a man or
א֚וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

a woman,
הָֽעִבְרִיָּ֔ה (hā·‘iḇ·rî·yāh)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5680: Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite

sells himself
יִמָּכֵ֨ר (yim·mā·ḵêr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4376: To sell

to you
לְךָ֜ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

and serves you
וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖ (wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

six
שֵׁ֣שׁ (šêš)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8337: Six (a cardinal number)

years,
שָׁנִ֑ים (šā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year

in the seventh
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת (haš·šə·ḇî·‘iṯ)
Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number)

year
וּבַשָּׁנָה֙ (ū·ḇaš·šā·nāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year

you must set
תְּשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ (tə·šal·lə·ḥen·nū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

him free.
חָפְשִׁ֖י (ḥā·p̄ə·šî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2670: Exempt


Additional Translations
If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, sells himself to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year you must set him free.And if your brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold to you, and serve you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

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

And if thy brother or sister, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, be sold to thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt send him out free from thee.

If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, have been sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

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.

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

If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

'When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years -- then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee.
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