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Ex 21:1 Strong Concordance Now these are the judgments [04941] which thou shalt set [07760] before [06440] them.
  King James Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
LAWS FOR MENSERVANTS. (Exo 21:1-6)

judgments--rules for regulating the procedure of judges and magistrates in the decision of cases and the trial of criminals. The government of the Israelites being a theocracy, those public authorities were the servants of the Divine Sovereign, and subject to His direction. Most of these laws here noticed were primitive usages, founded on principles of natural equity, and incorporated, with modifications and improvements, in the Mosaic code.
 
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1 Now these are the judgments [04941] which thou shalt set [07760] before [06440] them.
2 If thou buy [07069] an Hebrew [05680] servant [05650], six [08337] years [08141] he shall serve [05647]: and in the seventh [07637] he shall go out [03318] free [02670] for nothing [02600].
3 If he came in [0935] by himself [01610], he shall go out [03318] by himself [01610]: if he were married [01167] [0802], then his wife [0802] shall go out [03318] with him.
4 If his master [0113] have given [05414] him a wife [0802], and she have born [03205] him sons [01121] or daughters [01323]; the wife [0802] and her children [03206] shall be her master's [0113], and he shall go out [03318] by himself [01610].
5 And if the servant [05650] shall plainly [0559] say [0559], I love [0157] my master [0113], my wife [0802], and my children [01121]; I will not go out [03318] free [02670]:
6 Then his master [0113] shall bring [05066] him unto the judges [0430]; he shall also bring [05066] him to the door [01817], or unto the door post [04201]; and his master [0113] shall bore [07527] his ear [0241] through with an aul [04836]; and he shall serve [05647] him for ever [05769].
12 And if thy brother [0251], an Hebrew man [05680], or an Hebrew woman [05680], be sold [04376] unto thee, and serve [05647] thee six [08337] years [08141]; then in the seventh [07637] year [08141] thou shalt let him go [07971] free [02670] from thee.
13 And when thou sendest [07971] him out free [02670] from thee, thou shalt not let him go away [07971] empty [07387]:
14 Thou shalt furnish [06059] him liberally [06059] out of thy flock [06629], and out of thy floor [01637], and out of thy winepress [03342]: of that wherewith the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath blessed [01288] thee thou shalt give [05414] unto him.
15 And thou shalt remember [02142] that thou wast a bondman [05650] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] redeemed [06299] thee: therefore I command [06680] thee this thing [01697] to day [03117].
16 And it shall be, if he say [0559] unto thee, I will not go away [03318] from thee; because he loveth [0157] thee and thine house [01004], because he is well [02895] with thee;
17 Then thou shalt take [03947] an aul [04836], and thrust [05414] it through his ear [0241] unto the door [01817], and he shall be thy servant [05650] for ever [05769]. And also unto thy maidservant [0519] thou shalt do [06213] likewise.
18 It shall not seem hard [07185] unto thee [05869], when thou sendest him away [07971] free [02670] from thee; for he hath been worth [07939] a double [04932] hired servant [07916] to thee, in serving [05647] thee six [08337] years [08141]: and the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] shall bless [01288] thee in all that thou doest [06213].
2 If thou buy [07069] an Hebrew [05680] servant [05650], six [08337] years [08141] he shall serve [05647]: and in the seventh [07637] he shall go out [03318] free [02670] for nothing [02600].
3 If he came in [0935] by himself [01610], he shall go out [03318] by himself [01610]: if he were married [01167] [0802], then his wife [0802] shall go out [03318] with him.
4 If his master [0113] have given [05414] him a wife [0802], and she have born [03205] him sons [01121] or daughters [01323]; the wife [0802] and her children [03206] shall be her master's [0113], and he shall go out [03318] by himself [01610].
5 And if the servant [05650] shall plainly [0559] say [0559], I love [0157] my master [0113], my wife [0802], and my children [01121]; I will not go out [03318] free [02670]:
6 Then his master [0113] shall bring [05066] him unto the judges [0430]; he shall also bring [05066] him to the door [01817], or unto the door post [04201]; and his master [0113] shall bore [07527] his ear [0241] through with an aul [04836]; and he shall serve [05647] him for ever [05769].
2 If thou buy [07069] an Hebrew [05680] servant [05650], six [08337] years [08141] he shall serve [05647]: and in the seventh [07637] he shall go out [03318] free [02670] for nothing [02600].
3 If he came in [0935] by himself [01610], he shall go out [03318] by himself [01610]: if he were married [01167] [0802], then his wife [0802] shall go out [03318] with him.
4 If his master [0113] have given [05414] him a wife [0802], and she have born [03205] him sons [01121] or daughters [01323]; the wife [0802] and her children [03206] shall be her master's [0113], and he shall go out [03318] by himself [01610].
5 And if the servant [05650] shall plainly [0559] say [0559], I love [0157] my master [0113], my wife [0802], and my children [01121]; I will not go out [03318] free [02670]:
6 Then his master [0113] shall bring [05066] him unto the judges [0430]; he shall also bring [05066] him to the door [01817], or unto the door post [04201]; and his master [0113] shall bore [07527] his ear [0241] through with an aul [04836]; and he shall serve [05647] him for ever [05769].
7 And if a man [0376] sell [04376] his daughter [01323] to be a maidservant [0519], she shall not go out [03318] as the menservants [05650] do [03318].
8 If she please [07451] [05869] not her master [0113], who hath betrothed [03259] her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed [06299]: to sell [04376] her unto a strange [05237] nation [05971] he shall have no power [04910], seeing he hath dealt deceitfully [0898] with her.
9 And if he have betrothed [03259] her unto his son [01121], he shall deal [06213] with her after the manner [04941] of daughters [01323].
10 If he take [03947] him another [0312] wife; her food [07607], her raiment [03682], and her duty of marriage [05772], shall he not diminish [01639].
11 And if he do [06213] not these three [07969] unto her, then shall she go out [03318] free [02600] without money [03701].
1 Now these are the judgments [04941] which thou shalt set [07760] before [06440] them.
19 And they said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Speak [01696] thou with us, and we will hear [08085]: but let not God [0430] speak [01696] with us, lest we die [04191].