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

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

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then his master shall bring him before God. He shall be brought to the door or the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him for life.(A)

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then his master must take him before the judges.[a](A) He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce(B) his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:6 Or before God