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Exodus 21:3

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If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
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  1. Deuteronomy 15:12–14Rank 1 from verse 3
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    12And 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.

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

    14Thou 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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Exodus 21:3

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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married

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of marry, meaning to take or join in marriage; to enter the marriage relation.

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21:1NOW these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

21:2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

21:3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

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21:4If 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.

21:5And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

21:6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

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