Deuteronomy 15:16
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16 But if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,(A)
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Exodus 21:5-6
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5 But if the slave declares, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out a free person,’ 6 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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Psalm 40:8
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8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.”(A)
Psalm 40:6
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6 Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
but you have given me an open ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.(A)
Footnotes
- 40.6 Heb ears you have dug for me
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