Exodus 21:6

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Summary

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

The judges

Bore his ear

Psalm 40:6

For ever

General references

Deuteronomy 15:12

Bible References

The judges

And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow, he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him, and he shall pay as the judges determine.

For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments. I am LORD.

Moreover thou shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain, and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens,

If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, [to see] whether he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods.

And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Kill ye every one his men who have joined themselves to Baal-peor.

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner who is with him.

Thou shall make judges and officers for thee in all thy gates, which LORD thy God gives thee, according to thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days,

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counselors as at the beginning. Afterward thou shall be called the city of righteousness, a faithful town.

Her rulers in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morrow.

Bore his ear

Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, {but a body thou have prepared for me (LXX/NT)}. Whole burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou did not require.

For ever

And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

then thou shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be thy servant forever. And also to thy maid-servant thou shall do likewise.

But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, [Not] until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before LORD, and abide there forever.

And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever.

And David said to Achish, Therefore thou shall know what thy servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore I will make thee my chief bodyguard forever.

And they spoke to him, saying, If thou will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants forever.

General references

If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to thee, and serves thee six years, then in the seventh year thou shall let him go free from thee.