But if the servant declares, 'I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,' Cross References Exodus 21:4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free. Exodus 21:6 then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life. Deuteronomy 15:16 But if your servant says to you, 'I do not want to leave you,' because he loves you and your household and is well off with you, Deuteronomy 15:17 then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way. Treasury of Scripture And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: and if Deuteronomy 15:16,17 Isaiah 26:13 2 Corinthians 5:14,15 shall plainly say. |
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