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Exodus 21:7

King James Version (KJV)

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And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

Exodus 21:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Exodus 21:7

Theological / Devotional

Sell his daughter. Among ancient nations the authority of a father was generally so absolute that he could sell his own children as slaves. Herodotus tells us that the Thracians made a regular practice of selling daughters. At one time, according to Plutarch, the sale of children was common in Athens. Female slaves were usually bought to serve as concubines, or secondary wives, of their masters.

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