Deuteronomy 15:17
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Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.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.
In other translations
Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.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.
Hebrew words
וְלָקַחְתָּvelakachtaand you will takeH3947אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַמַּרְצֵעַhamartzea'the awlH4836וְנָתַתָּהvenatatahand you will put [it]H5414בְאָזְנוֹve'azenoin ear hisH241וּבַדֶּלֶתuvadeletand in the doorH1817וְהָיָהvehayahand he will beH1961לְךָlekhaof youעֶבֶד'eveda slave ofH5650עוֹלָםolamperpetuityH5769וְאַףve'afand alsoH637לַאֲמָתְךָla'amatekhato maidservant yourH519תַּעֲשֶׂה־ta'aseh-you will doH6213כֵּן׃kenthusH3651
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Related verses
- 1 Samuel 1:22But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever.but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
- Leviticus 25:39-4239 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile: 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.39 If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor. 40 Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee. 41 Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers. 42 Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.
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