Exodus 21:6

then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

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WEBBE

then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

BSB

then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

KJV

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

ASV

then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

BBE

Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

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וְהִגִּישׁוֹ ve·hi·gi·sho and he will bring near him H5066 אֲדֹנָיו 'a·do·nav master(s) his H113 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הָאֱלֹהִים ha·'e·lo·him (the) God H430 וְהִגִּישׁוֹ ve·hi·gi·sho and he will bring near him H5066 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הַדֶּלֶת ha·de·let the door H1817 אוֹ 'o or H176 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הַמְּזוּזָה ha·me·zu·zah the doorpost H4201 וְרָצַע ve·ra·tza' and he will pierce H7527 אֲדֹנָיו 'a·do·nav master(s) his H113 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אָזְנוֹ 'a·ze·no ear his H241 בַּמַּרְצֵעַ ba·mar·tze·a' with the awl H4836 וַעֲבָדוֹ va·'a·va·do and he will serve him H5647 לְעֹלָם ס le·'o·lam for ever H5769

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–11

The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us, yet they explain the moral law, and the rules of natural justice. The servant, in the state of servitude, was an emblem of that state of bondage to sin, Satan, and the law, which man is brought into by robbing God of his glory, by the transgression of his precepts. Likewise in being made free, he was an emblem of that liberty wherewith Christ, the Son of God, makes free from bondage his people, who are free indeed; and made so freely, without money and without price, of free grace.

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Deuteronomy 15:16–17

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.