Exodus 21:6

New International Version

then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:7

They replied, “If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

Psalm 82:1

God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the “gods”:

Exodus 12:12

“On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.

Exodus 21:22

“If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows.

Exodus 21:5

“But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’

Exodus 21:7

“If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.

Exodus 22:28

“Do not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

Isaiah 1:26

I will restore your leaders as in days of old, your rulers as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

Leviticus 25:23

“ ‘The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers.

Leviticus 25:40

They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her officials within her are roaring lions; her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning.

Deuteronomy 1:16

And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you.

Deuteronomy 15:16

But if your servant says to you, “I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your family and is well off with you,

Deuteronomy 15:17

then take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your female servant.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

1 Samuel 1:22

Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, “After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the Lord, and he will live there always.”

1 Samuel 27:12

Achish trusted David and said to himself, “He has become so obnoxious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant for life.”

1 Samuel 28:2

David said, “Then you will see for yourself what your servant can do.” Achish replied, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”