And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
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Gill's Exposition
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant,.... That is, if an Israelite, as the Targum of Jonathan, sells his little daughter, as the same Targum, and so Jarchi and Aben Ezra, one that is…
Barnes' Notes
A man might, in accordance with existing custom, sell his daughter to another man with a view to her becoming an inferior wife, or concubine. In this case, she was not “to go out,” like the bondman;…
Adam Clarke
If a man sell his daughter - This the Jews allowed no man to do but in extreme distress - when he had no goods, either movable or immovable left, even to the clothes on his back; and he had this…
The first verse is the general title of the laws contained in this and the two following chapters, some of them relating to the religious worship of God, but most of them relating to matters between…
Hebrew female slaves. The law for female slaves is different. A female slave does not receive her freedom at the end of six years (v.7); still, she cannot be sold to a non-Israelite; and if her…