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Though there is no instance of a servant being bought of his, or her master, yet there are instances of young females being bought of their fathers. But their purchase as servants was their betrothal as WIVES. Exodus xxi. 7, 8. "If a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. Maimonides Hilcoth Obedim, Ch. IV. Sec.
But their purchase as servants was their betrothal as wives. Ex. xxi. 7, 8. "If a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. Maimonides Hilcoth Obedim, Ch. IV. Sec. VII. We infer that the Hebrew servant was voluntary in COMMENCING his service, because he was pre-eminently so IN CONTINUING it.
"That is to say, 'Loading, ye shall load him, likewise every one of his family, with as much as he can take with him abundant benefits. And if it be avariciously asked, "How much must I give him?" I say unto you, not less than thirty shekels, which is the valuation of a servant, as declared in Ex. xxi. 32." Maimonides, Hilcoth Obedim, Chap. ii.
That is to say, 'Loading, ye shall load him, likewise every one of his family with as much as he can take with him abundant benefits. And if it be avariciously asked, 'How much must I give him? I say unto you, not less than thirty shekels, which is the valuation of a servant, as declared in Ex. xxi. 32." Maimonides, Hilcoth Obedim, Chap. ii.
But their purchase as servants was their betrothal as WIVES. Ex. xxi. 7, 8. "If a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. Maimonides Hilcoth Obedim, Ch. IV. Sec. We infer that all the servants from the Strangers were voluntary in becoming such, since we have direct testimony that some of them were so.
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