"And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do." — Exodus 21:7

Exodus 21:7 · KJV

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

— Exodus 21:7

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

Verse 8

If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. {please...: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc}

Exodus 21 — Context

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: {shall...: Heb. saying shall say}

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

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

And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:5

Yet now our flesh {is} as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and {some} of our daughters are brought unto bondage {already}: neither {is it} in our power {to redeem them}; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

Exodus 21:2-3

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