Then his master shall bring him unto the [a]Judges, and set him to the [b]door, or to the post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him [c]forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:6 Hebrew, gods.
  2. Exodus 21:6 Where the judges sat.
  3. Exodus 21:6 That is, to the year of Jubilee, which was every fiftieth year.

then his master must take him before the judges.[a](A) He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce(B) his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.(C)

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  1. Exodus 21:6 Or before God