"If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;"
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And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God.
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigor.
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.
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;
If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
If I despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me;
"If I have despised the cause of my man-servant Or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,