Deuteronomy 15:17

Tree of Life Version

then you are to take an awl and put it through his ear to the door, and he will be your servant forever. And to your female slave you are to do the same.

Cross References

Exodus 21:5

“But if the servant plainly states, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children, and I will not go out free,’

Exodus 21:6

then his master is to bring him to God, then take him to a door or to a doorpost. His master is to pierce his ear through with an awl, and he will serve him forever.

Deuteronomy 15:16

“Now if he tells you, ‘I will not go away from you’—because he loves you and your household since he is well off with you—

Deuteronomy 15:18

It should not seem hard to you when you set him free from you, for he has served you six years—double the value of a hired worker. So Adonai your God will bless you in all that you do.

1 Samuel 1:22

Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “When the child is weaned, I will bring him, so he may appear before Adonai and stay there forever.”