Deuteronomy 15:17
take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.
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Exodus 21:5
But if the servant declares, 'I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,'

Exodus 21:6
then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

Deuteronomy 15:16
But if your servant says to you, 'I do not want to leave you,' because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

Deuteronomy 15:18
Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

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Leviticus 25:39-42
If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, you must not force him into slave labor. . . .

1 Samuel 1:22
but Hannah did not go. "After the boy is weaned, " she said to her husband, "I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there always."

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