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Exodus 21:6

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 awl; and he shall serve him forever.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

To the gods: Elohim. That is, to the judges, or magistrates, authorized by God. (Challoner) In a matter of such consequence, great deliberation was requisite. Posts, of his own house. This ceremony tended to punish the slave for neglecting his liberty, and shewed, that he should not pass the threshold any more without his master's leave. For ever; till the year of Jubilee, when all the Hebrews were to be set free, Leviticus xxv. 40. (Menochius)

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