Deuteronomy 15:17

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

then you shall take an awl, and shall put it through his ear, and through the door, and he shall be your slave forever. And you shall do so to your slave-girl also.

Cross References

Exodus 21:5

And if saying the slave says, I love my master, my wife and my children; I do not desire to go out free,

Exodus 21:6

his master shall bring him to God, and one shall bring him to the door, or to the doorpost; and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

Deuteronomy 15:16

And it shall be, if he says to you, I will not go out from you, because he loves you and your house, because it was good for him with you;

Deuteronomy 15:18

It shall not seem hard in your eyes when you send him away free from you. For to the double of the hire of a hireling he has served you six years. And Jehovah your God will bless you in all that you do.

1 Samuel 1:22

And Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, Until the boy is weaned, even I will bring him, that he may be seen before Jehovah and remain there always.