Objects
awl
If a Hebrew slave chooses to stay with his master, wife and children, the master brings him before God and pierces his ear with an awl at the door or doorpost, and the slave is permanently his.
Category
Objects
First mention
Exodus 21:6
Tags
2
Exodus 21Slave law
Scripture references
- Exodus 21:6
then his master will bring him before God and then, leading him to the door or the doorpost, his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and the slave will be permanently his.