Exodus 21:6

Tree of Life Version

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:7

They spoke to him, saying: “If you will be a servant to this people today, serving them, granting them their petition, and speaking favorably to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

Psalm 82:1

A psalm of Asaph. God takes His stand in the assembly of God. He judges among the ‘gods’:

Exodus 12:12

“For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night and strike down every firstborn, both men and animals, and I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am Adonai.

Exodus 21:22

“If men fight, and hit a pregnant woman so that her child is born early, yet no harm follows, the one who hit her is to be strictly fined, according to what the woman’s husband demands of him. He must pay as the judges determine.

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 21:7

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

Exodus 22:28

“Do not hold back the fullness of your crops or your vintage. You are to present the firstborn of your sons to Me.

Isaiah 1:26

I will restore your judges as at first, your counselors as at the start. Afterward you will be called City of Righteousness, Faithful City.

Leviticus 25:23

“Moreover, the land is not to be sold ­permanently, because the land is Mine. For you are sojourners with Me.

Leviticus 25:40

Let him stay with you as a hired worker or as a temporary resident. He will work for you until the Year of Jubilee,

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are wolves of the night, leaving nothing but bones for morning.

Deuteronomy 1:16

“I commanded your judges at that time saying: ‘Hear cases between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or the outsider with him.

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 15:17

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.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“Judges and officers you are to appoint within all your gates that Adonai your God is giving you, according to your tribes; and they are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

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.”

1 Samuel 27:12

Then Achish trusted David, saying, “He has certainly made himself abhorrent to his people Israel; therefore, he will be my vassal forever.”

1 Samuel 28:2

David said to Achish, “Well then, you know what your servant will do.” “Well then, I appoint you my bodyguard for life,” Achish said to David.