Exodus 21:5

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

Exodus 21:4

Suppose his master gives him a wife. And suppose she has sons or daughters by him. Then only the man will go free. The woman and her children will belong to her master.

Exodus 21:6

Then his master must take him to the judges. His master must take him to the door or doorpost of his master’s house. His master must poke a hole through his servant’s earlobe into the door or doorpost. Then he will become his servant for life.

Isaiah 26:13

Lord, you are our God. Other masters besides you have ruled over us. But your name is the only one we honor.