Bible Cross References
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Exodus 21:20
And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, vengeance shall be taken to avenge.
Exodus 21:21
Nevertheless, if he continues a day or two, vengeance shall not be taken; for he is part of his assets.
Exodus 21:26
If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free in exchange for his eye.
Exodus 21:27
And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for his tooth.
Leviticus 25:43
You shall not rule over him with harshness, but you shall fear your God.
Leviticus 25:46
And you shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them as a possession; they shall be your permanent slaves. But regarding your brethren, the children of Israel, you shall not rule over one another with harshness.
Deuteronomy 15:12-15
12
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.
13
And when you send him away free from you, you shall not send him away empty;
14
you shall richly adorn him from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From out of whatever Jehovah has blessed you, you shall give to him.
15
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today.
Jeremiah 34:14-17
14
At the end of seven years let each man free his brother, a Hebrew, who has been sold to him. And when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you. But your fathers did not heed me, nor extend their ears.
15
And you had turned today, and had done what was right in My eyes proclaiming liberty, each man to his neighbor. And you had made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name.
16
But you turned and violated My name, and each man caused his slave, and each man his slave woman, whom you had set free to do as they pleased, to return. And you brought them back into bondage to be slaves and slave women to you.
17
Therefore thus says Jehovah: You have not heeded Me to proclaim liberty each man to his brother, and each man to his neighbor! Behold, I proclaim liberty for you, says Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine. And I will cause you to be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Ephesians 6:9
And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in Heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in Heaven.