(A)But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

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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 to the (A)judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

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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