Objects
door
If a Hebrew slave chooses to stay, his master leads him to the door or the doorpost and pierces his ear with an awl, 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.