New King James Version

Exodus 21:5-14 New King James Version (NKJV)

5. But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

6. then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

7. “And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.

8. If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

9. And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

10. If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights.

11. And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.

12. “He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

13. However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

14. “But if a man acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.