 | Thomas Lounsbury - Slavery - 1847 - 178 pages
...years, except in the following instances. "If the servant," says Moses, '' shall plainly say I love my master my wife, and my children I will not go out free : Then his master shall bring him to the judges, he shall also bring him to the door, or to the door post, and his master shall bore... | |
 | Theology - 1847 - 824 pages
...5: 7), the shadow has fled away. Of the servant who wished to remain with his master, it is said : " His master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever" (Ex. 21: 6.), perpetually, that is, as long as he lives, though not literally without end.... | |
 | John Relly Beard - Bible - 1847 - 660 pages
...unto the judges, and (on their ascertaining the alleged facts) shall bring him to the door-post, ami bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever' (Exod. xxi. 6, 6). Perforated ears was a general token of slavery among ancient nations. VI. A Hebrew... | |
 | Joseph T. Lienhard, Thomas C. Oden - Religion - 2001 - 422 pages
...children shall be her master's and he shall go out alone. 5Bwt if the slave plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,' 6then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost; and his... | |
 | Jacob W. Ehrlich - Bible - 2002 - 242 pages
...the wife and her children shall be her master's . . . and if the servant shall plainly say I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out...free; Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; . . . and he (the servant) shall serve him forever. Exodus 21:2, 3, 4, 5, 6 And if thy brother, an... | |
 | Catherine Chalier - Philosophy - 2002 - 212 pages
...love for his master, rejects the good news of his liberation, will be marked by a sign of opprobrium. "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 aul; and he shall serve him for ever"... | |
 | Yosef Ben-Jochannan - Religion - 2005 - 160 pages
...children shall be her master's and he shall go out alone. * But if the slave plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,' * then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost; and his master shall bore his ear through... | |
 | Arthur W. Pink - Religion - 2002 - 390 pages
...travail. Blessed is it to hear Him say, "Behold I and the children which God hath given Me" (Heb. 2: 13). "Then his master shall bring him unto the judges ; he shall a\lso bring him v, the door, or unto the door post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul" (v. 6) .... | |
 | Fernando Poyatos - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 314 pages
...47:29, RSV) [if a Hebrew slave] plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife [given to him by his master] and my children; I will not go out free,' then his master (...) shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever ['to have an open ear' meant 'to obey']... | |
 | Yosef Ben-Jochannan - Religion - 2002 - 88 pages
...children shall be her master's and he shall go out alone. 5 But if the slave plainly says, ' I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out free, ' 6 then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost; and... | |
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And if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free': 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... 
