Positive Commandment #504 of 613
Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws
Commandment #504 — a positive obligation from Exodus 21:2, classified under Slaves and Servants in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.”
— Exodus 21:2
Hebrew
ב כִּי תִקְנֶה עֶבֶד עִבְרִי, שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים יַעֲבֹד; וּבַשְּׁבִעִת--יֵצֵא לַחָפְשִׁי, חִנָּם.
Greek (Septuagint)
2 ἐὰν κτήσῃ παῖδα Εβραῖον, ἓξ ἔτη δουλεύσει σοι· τῷ δὲ ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει ἀπελεύσεται ἐλεύθερος δωρεάν.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Slaves and Servants
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 21
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mishpatim
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #42
- Mishneh Torah
- AcquisitionSlaves
Related Commandments in “Slaves and Servants”
#505: Do not sell a Hebrew as a non-Hebrew is sold
Leviticus 25:42
#506: Do not work a Hebrew slave oppressively
Leviticus 25:43
#507: Do not allow a non-Israelite to work a Hebrew slave oppressively
Leviticus 25:53
#508: Do not have a Hebrew slave do menial slave labor
Leviticus 25:39
#509: Give a Hebrew slave gifts when he goes free
Deuteronomy 15:14
#510: Do not send a Hebrew slave away empty-handed
Deuteronomy 15:13
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