Exodus 21:5 References

5 "But aif the slave plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out as a free man,'

a Deuteronomy 15:16, Deuteronomy 15:17


Deuteronomy 15

16 "It shall come about aif he says to you, 'I will not go out from you,' because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you;

Deuteronomy 15

17 then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also you shall do likewise to your maidservant.