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Deuteronomy 15:16-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Deuteronomy 15:16-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
16 But if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you’, because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you, 17 then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his earlobe into the door, and he shall be your slave[a] for ever.
You shall do the same with regard to your female slave.[b]
18 Do not consider it a hardship when you send them out from you free persons, because for six years they have given you services worth the wages of hired labourers; and the Lord your God will bless you in all that you do.
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- Deuteronomy 15:17 Or bondman
- Deuteronomy 15:17 Or bondwoman
Deuteronomy 15:16-18
New International Version
Deuteronomy 15:16-18
New International Version
16 But if your servant says to you, “I do not want to leave you,” because he loves you and your family and is well off with you, 17 then take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your female servant.
18 Do not consider it a hardship to set your servant free, because their service to you these six years has been worth twice as much as that of a hired hand. And the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
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