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Deuteronomy 15:16-17 (Listen)

16 But cif 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, 17 then you shall take an awl, and put it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your slave1 forever. And to your female slave2 you shall do the same.

Footnotes

[1] 15:17 Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles (see Preface)
[2] 15:17 Or servant