Deuteronomy 15:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee:

¹⁷ 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.

¹⁸ Turn not away thy eyes from them when thou makest them tree: because he hath served thee six years according to the wages of a hireling: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works that thou dost.