Deuteronomy 15:17

American King James Version (1999)

Then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant for ever. And also to your maidservant you shall do likewise.

Cross References

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:

Exodus 21:6

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

Deuteronomy 15:16

And it shall be, if he say to you, I will not go away from you; because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

Deuteronomy 15:18

It shall not seem hard to you, when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant to you, in serving you six years: and the LORD your God shall bless you in all that you do.

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah went not up; for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.