Deuteronomy 15:17

Modern English Version

then you must take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And you shall also do likewise to your female servant.

Cross References

Exodus 21:5

However, if the servant plainly says, “I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free,”

Exodus 21:6

then his master will bring him to the judges, then he shall also bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

Deuteronomy 15:16

It shall be, if he says to you, “I will not go away from you,” because he loves you and your house, because he is well off with you,

Deuteronomy 15:18

It will not seem difficult for you when you send him away free from you, for he has been worth a double hired servant in serving you six years. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do.

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, “I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord and live there forever.”