Exodus 21:6

Laws About Slaves

⁵ “But if the slave declares: ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I do not want to leave as a free man,’ ⁶ his master is to bring him to the judges and then bring him to the door or doorpost. His master must pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve his master for life. ⁷ “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to leave as the male slaves do.

Before God

Lord Shall

O God

Awl

Exodus 22:8-9

If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house must present himself to the judges to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property.

Exodus 12:12

“I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night and strike every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I am Yahweh; I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt.

Exodus 18:21-26

But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating bribes. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Exodus 21:22

“When men get in a fight and hit a pregnant woman so that her children are born prematurely but there is no injury, the one who hit her must be fined as the woman’s husband demands from him, and he must pay according to judicial assessment.

Exodus 22:28

“You must not blaspheme God or curse a leader among your people.

Leviticus 25:23

“The land is not to be permanently sold because it is Mine, and you are only foreigners and temporary residents on My land.

Leviticus 25:40

Let him stay with you as a hired hand or temporary resident; he may work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

Numbers 25:5-8

So Moses told Israel’s judges, “Kill each of the men who aligned themselves with Baal of Peor.”

Deuteronomy 1:16

I commanded your judges at that time: Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge rightly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

Deuteronomy 15:17

take an awl and pierce through his ear into the door, and he will become your slave for life. Also treat your female slave the same way.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 19:17-18

the two people in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and judges in authority at that time.

1 Samuel 1:22

Hannah did not go and explained to her husband, “After the child is weaned, I’ll take him to appear in the Lord’s presence and to stay there permanently.”

1 Samuel 8:1-2

When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

1 Samuel 27:12

So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself detestable to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

1 Samuel 28:2

David replied to Achish, “Good, you will find out what your servant can do.”

So Achish said to David, “Very well, I will appoint you as my permanent bodyguard.”

1 Kings 12:7

They replied, “Today if you will be a servant to these people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

Psalm 40:6-8

You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
You open my ears to listen.
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.

Isaiah 1:26

I will restore your judges to what they once were,
and your advisers to their former state.
Afterward you will be called the Righteous City,
a Faithful City.”

Zephaniah 3:3

The princes within her are roaring lions;
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for the morning.