Exodus 21:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for life.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:7

And they said to him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants for ever.”

Psalm 82:1

God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

Exodus 12:12

For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.

Exodus 21:22

“When men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no harm follows, the one who hurt her shall be fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Exodus 21:5

But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

Exodus 21:7

“When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.

Exodus 22:28

“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

Isaiah 1:26

And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”

Leviticus 25:23

The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.

Leviticus 25:40

he shall be with you as a hired servant and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of the jubilee;

Zephaniah 3:3

Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.

Deuteronomy 1:16

And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien that is with him.

Deuteronomy 15:16

But if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you,

Deuteronomy 15:17

then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your bondman for ever. And to your bondwoman you shall do likewise.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, that he may appear in the presence of the Lord, and abide there for ever.”

1 Samuel 27:12

And Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has made himself utterly abhorred by his people Israel; therefore he shall be my servant always.”

1 Samuel 28:2

David said to Achish, “Very well, you shall know what your servant can do.” And Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”