THEOSISDeuteronomy 15:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Thou shalt take an awl, and bore through his ear in the door of thy house, and he shall serve thee for ever: thou shalt do in like manner to thy womanservant also.
וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ אֶת־הַמַּרְצֵ֗עַ וְנָתַתָּ֤ה בְאָזְנוֹ֙ וּבַדֶּ֔לֶת וְהָיָ֥ה לְךָ֖ עֶ֣בֶד עוֹלָ֑ם וְאַ֥ף לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ תַּעֲשֶׂה־כֵּֽן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Lev 25:39If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee: thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants.
- Lev 25:42For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the land of Egypt: let them not be sold as bondmen.
- 1 Sam 1:22But Anna went not up: for she said to her husband: I will not go till the child be weaned, and till I may carry him, that he may appear before the Lord, and may abide always there.