Deuteronomy 15:16-18

Lexham English Bible

¹⁶ And then if it will happen that he says to you, ‘I do not want to go out^[a] from you,’ because he loves you and your family, because it is good for him to be with you; ¹⁷ then you shall take an awl, and you shall thrust it through his earlobe and into the door, and he shall be to you a slave forever;^[b] and you shall also do likewise for your slave woman. ¹⁸ It shall not be hard in your eyes when you send him forth free,^[c] because for six years he has served you worth twice the wage of a hired worker; and Yahweh your God will bless you in whatever you will do.^[d]