Deuteronomy 15:16-17 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

¹⁶But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

¹⁷then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.

— Deuteronomy 15:16-17

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