Exodus 21:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:7

And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

Psalm 82:1

A Psalm. Of Asaph. God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

Exodus 12:12

For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.

Exodus 21:22

If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.

Exodus 21:5

But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:

Exodus 21:7

And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.

Exodus 22:28

You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.

Isaiah 1:26

And I will give you judges again as at the first, and wise guides as in the past; then you will be named, The Town of Righteousness, the true town.

Leviticus 25:23

No exchange of land may be for ever, for the land is mine, and you are as my guests, living with me for a time.

Leviticus 25:40

But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.

Deuteronomy 1:16

And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

Deuteronomy 15:16

But if he says to you, I have no desire to go away from you; because you and your family are dear to him and he is happy with you;

Deuteronomy 15:17

Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.

Deuteronomy 16:18

You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.

1 Samuel 27:12

And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.

1 Samuel 28:2

And David said to Achish, You will see now what your servant will do. And Achish said to David, Then I will make you keeper of my head for ever.