Exodus 21:6

The willing servant's ear was pierced at the doorpost, marking him as his master's servant forever. A permanent sign sealed his chosen, lifelong devotion.

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• Deut 15:17Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
• Lev 25:40But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
• Deut 19:17–18Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
• 1 Sam 28:2And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
• 1 Sam 1:22But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
• Lev 25:23The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
• Exod 22:8–9If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.
• Exod 18:21–26Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
• 1 Sam 8:1–2And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
• Exod 22:28Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
• Deut 1:16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
• Zeph 3:3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
• Ps 40:6–8Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
• Num 25:5–8And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
• Deut 16:18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
• Exod 12:12For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
• Exod 21:22If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
• 1 Kgs 12:7And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
• 1 Sam 27:12And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
• Isa 1:26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

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