Deuteronomy 15:12
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 15:1 establishes the seven-year release of debts — the same sabbatical principle underlying the release of slaves in this verse.
Exodus 21:2-6 gives the same law of Hebrew slaves serving six years and going free in the seventh — a parallel restatement.
Jeremiah 34:14 explicitly cites this law, rebuking Israel for disobeying the command to release Hebrew slaves after six years.
Exodus 21:3 clarifies the release conditions for a slave who entered married, a specific case related to the general law here.
Jeremiah 34:8 records a historical covenant to free Hebrew slaves, directly applying the law from Deuteronomy.
Jeremiah 34:9 describes the actual freeing of Hebrew slaves, fulfilling the command in Deuteronomy.
Leviticus 25:39-41 provides a different release law (Jubilee) for Hebrew slaves — related but with a longer term, complementing this six-year rule.