Exodus 21:5

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

Ver. 5. I love my master.] A little better than he in Plautus, that said, Ego non servio libenter; herus meus me non habet libenter, tamen utitur me ut lippis oculis.

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and if Deuteronomy 15:16 Deuteronomy 15:17 Isaiah 26:13 2 Corinthians 5:14 2 Corinthians 5:15 shall plainly say. Heb. saying shall say

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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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 21:5