Exodus 21:6

New Century Version

then the slave’s master must take him to God. The master is to take him to a door or doorframe and punch a hole through the slave’s ear using a sharp tool. Then the slave will serve that master all his life.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:7

They said, “You should be like a servant to them today. If you serve them and give them a kind answer, they will serve you always.”

Psalm 82:1

God is in charge of the great meeting; he judges among the “gods.”

Exodus 12:12

“That night I will go through the land of Egypt and kill all the firstborn animals and people in the land of Egypt. I will also punish all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.

Exodus 21:22

“Suppose two men are fighting and hit a pregnant woman, causing the baby to come out. If there is no further injury, the man who caused the accident must pay money—whatever amount the woman’s husband says and the court allows.

Exodus 21:5

“But if the slave says, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children, and I don’t want to go free,’

Exodus 21:7

“If a man sells his daughter as a slave, the rules for setting her free are different from the rules for setting the male slaves free.

Exodus 22:28

“You must not speak against God or curse a leader of your people.

Isaiah 1:26

I will bring back judges as you had long ago; your counselors will be like those you had in the beginning. Then you will be called the City That Is Right with God, the Loyal City.”

Leviticus 25:23

“ ‘The land really belongs to me, so you can’t sell it for all time. You are only foreigners and travelers living for a while on my land.

Leviticus 25:40

He will be like a hired worker and a visitor with you until the year of Jubilee.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officers are like roaring lions. Its rulers are like hungry wolves that attack in the evening, and in the morning nothing is left of those they attacked.

Deuteronomy 1:16

Then I told your leaders, “Listen to the arguments between your people. Judge fairly between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner.

Deuteronomy 15:16

But if your slave says to you, “I don’t want to leave you,” because he loves you and your family and has a good life with you,

Deuteronomy 15:17

stick an awl through his ear into the door; he will be your slave for life. Also do this to a female slave.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you; they must judge the people fairly.

1 Samuel 1:22

But one time Hannah did not go with him. She told him, “When the boy is old enough to eat solid food, I will take him to Shiloh. Then I will give him to the Lord, and he will always live there.”

1 Samuel 27:12

So Achish trusted David and said to himself, “David’s own people, the Israelites, now hate him very much. He will serve me forever.”

1 Samuel 28:2

David answered, “You will see for yourself what I, your servant, can do!” Achish said, “Fine, I’ll make you my permanent bodyguard.”