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Exodus 21:4-6
Lexham English Bible
Exodus 21:4-6
Lexham English Bible
4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears for him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her master, and the slave will go out single. 5 But if the slave explicitly says, “I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,” 6 his master will present him to God[a] and bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he will serve him forever.
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- Exodus 21:6 Or “present him to the judges”
Exodus 21:4-6
New International Version
Exodus 21:4-6
New International Version
4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’(A) 6 then his master must take him before the judges.[a](B) He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce(C) his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.(D)
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- Exodus 21:6 Or before God
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