EXODUS 21:3

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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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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Exodus 21:3 Translation & Meaning

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If אִם Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not If
he came in יָבֹ֖א To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) came
by himself, בְּגַפּ֥וֹ The back; by extension the body or self himself
he shall go out יֵצֵ֑א To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim go out
by himself: בְּגַפּ֣וֹ The back; by extension the body or self himself
if אִם Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not if
he ה֔וּא He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are he
were married, בַּ֤עַל A master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) married
then his wife אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ A woman then wife
shall go out וְיָֽצְאָ֥ה To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim go out
with עִמּֽוֹ׃ Adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) with
him. עִמּֽוֹ׃ Adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) him

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  • 1  Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

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

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

  • 4  If 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.

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




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