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Exodus 21:6

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the judges: Exodus 21:22, Exodus 12:12, Exodus 18:21-26, Exodus 22:8-9, Exodus 22:28; Numbers 25:5-8; Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 16:18; Deuteronomy 19:17-18; 1 Samuel 8:1-2; Isaiah 1:26; Zephaniah 3:3

bore his ear: This significant ceremony was intended as a mark of permanent servitude, and was calculated to impress the servant with the duty of hearing all his master's orders, and obeying them punctually. Psalms 40:6-8

for ever: Leviticus 25:23, Leviticus 25:40; Deuteronomy 15:17; 1 Samuel 1:22, 1 Samuel 27:12, 1 Samuel 28:2; 1 Kings 12:7

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