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Exodus 21:2
When thou shalt acquire a servant who is a Hebrew, six years, shall he serve,—but in the seventh shall he go out freely—for nought.
Exodus 21:2 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Exodus 21:2 in other translations
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
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In context
1 Now, these are the regulations which thou shalt put before them.
2 When thou shalt acquire a servant who is a Hebrew, six years, shall he serve,—but in the seventh shall he go out freely—for nought.
3 If, by himself, he came in, by himself, shall he go out,—if he was married, then shall his wife go out with him.
4 If his lord gave him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her lords, and, he shall go out by himself.
5 But, if the servant shall plainly say, I love my lord, and my wife and my sons,—I will not go out free,
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