Deuteronomy 15:17

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

And take an awl and give it upon his ear, and against the door, and he was to thee for a servant forever. And also to thy maid shalt thou do thus.

Cross References

1 Samuel 1:22

And Hannah went not up; for she said to her husband, Till the boy shall be weaned, and I brought him, and he saw the face of Jehovah, and he shall sit there even to forever.

Exodus 21:5

And if saying, the servant shall say, I loved my lord, my wife and my sons; I will not go forth free:

Exodus 21:6

And his lord brought him near to God, and he brought him near to the door, or to the door-post, and his lord pierced his ear with an awl; and he served him forever.

Deuteronomy 15:16

And it was when he shall say to thee, I will not go forth from thee; for he loved thee and thy house, for it was well to him with thee;

Deuteronomy 15:18

It shall not be hard in thine eye in thy sending him away free from thee, because for the year of the wages of the hireling he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God blessed thee in all which thou shalt do.