Exodus 21:3
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Exodus 21:3 in other translations
| BSB | If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him. |
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| WEB | If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him. |
| ASV | If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him. |
| YLT | if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he is owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him; |
| DARBY | If he came in alone, he shall go out alone: if he had a wife, then his wife shall go out with him. |
| BBE | If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him. |
| Webster | If he came in by himself, he shall depart by himself: if he was married, then his wife shall depart with him. |
What does Exodus 21:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 21:2-6
2-6. If thou buy an Hebrew servant--Every Israelite was free-born; but slavery was permitted under certain restrictions. An Hebrew might be made a slave through poverty, debt, or crime; but at the end of six years he was entitled to freedom, and his wife, if she had voluntarily shared his state of bondage, also obtained release. Should he, however, have married a female slave, she and the children, after the…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 21:1-11
The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us, yet they explain the moral law, and the rules of natural justice. The servant, in the state of servitude, was an emblem of that state of bondage to sin, Satan, and the law, which man is brought into by robbing God of his glory, by the transgression of his precepts…
Exodus 21:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 21:3
- Deuteronomy 15:12-14
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. And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
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De 15:12-14
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Context
- Exodus 21:2
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
- Exodus 21:3
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
- Exodus 21:4
If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
Exodus 21:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si entró solo, solo saldrá: si tenía mujer, saldrá él y su mujer con él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | S’il est venu seul, il sortira seul; s’ il avait une femme, sa femme sortira avec lui. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn er allein gekommen ist, soll er allein ausgehen; wenn er eines Weibes Mann war, soll sein Weib mit ihm ausgehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum quali veste intraverit, cum tali exeat: si habens uxorem, et uxor egredietur simul. |