Augustine of Hippo : But if your Hebrew or Hebrew brother has been sold to you, he will serve you for six years, and in the seventh you will let him go free. The Lord has not wanted these purchased servants to be free the year of the remission, which all should observe the seventh year, but in the seventh year after the purchase, whatever this year. — QUESTIONS ON DEUTERONOMY, Q. 22 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)