Exodus 21:6

Laws About Slaves

⁵ And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: ⁶  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 awl; and he shall serve him forever. ⁷ And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

Before God

Lord Shall

O God

Awl

Exodus 22:8-9

If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he has put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.

Exodus 12:12

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

Exodus 18:21-26

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

Exodus 21:22

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no mischief follows: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Exodus 22:28

You shall not revile God, nor curse the ruler of your people.

Leviticus 25:23

The land shall not be sold forever: for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me.

Leviticus 25:40

But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of jubilee:

Numbers 25:5-8

And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay you every one his men that were joined unto Baal of Peor.

Deuteronomy 1:16

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

Deuteronomy 15:17

Then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And also unto your maidservant you shall do likewise.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and officers shall you make in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

Deuteronomy 19:17-18

Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, who shall be in those days;

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide forever.

1 Samuel 8:1-2

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

1 Samuel 27:12

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

1 Samuel 28:2

And David said to Achish, Surely you shall know what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you my guardian forever.

1 Kings 12:7

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

Psalm 40:6-8

Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required.

Isaiah 1:26

And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning: afterward you shall be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning.