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Exd 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 aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the judges		Exd 21:22; Exd 12:12; Exd 18:21-26; Exd 22:8,9,28; Num 25:5-8; Deu 1:16; Deu 16:18; Deu 19:17,18; 1Sa 8:1,2; Isa 1:26; Zep 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. Psa 40:6-8
for ever		Lev 25:23,40; Deu 15:17; 1Sa 1:22; 1Sa 27:12; 1Sa 28:2; 1Ki 12:7

Correlating Passages

the judges

	Exd 21:22	If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine].
	Exd 12:12	For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I [am] the LORD.
	Exd 18:21	Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
	Exd 18:22	And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, [that] every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden] with thee.
	Exd 18:23	If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee [so], then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
	Exd 18:24	So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
	Exd 18:25	And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
	Exd 18:26	And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
	Exd 22:8	If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, [to see] whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
	Exd 22:9	For all manner of trespass, [whether it be] for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, which [another] challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; [and] whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
	Exd 22:28	Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
	Num 25:5	And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
	Num 25:6	And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who [were] weeping [before] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
	Num 25:7	And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw [it], he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
	Num 25:8	And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
	Deu 1:16	And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.
	Deu 16:18	Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
	Deu 19:17	Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
	Deu 19:18	And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, [if] the witness [be] a false witness, [and] hath testified falsely against his brother;
	1Sa 8:1	And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
	1Sa 8:2	Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba.
	Isa 1:26	And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
	Zep 3:3	Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

bore his ear

	Psa 40:6	Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
	Psa 40:7	Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,
	Psa 40:8	I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.

for ever

	Lev 25:23	The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land [is] mine; for ye [are] strangers and sojourners with me.
	Lev 25:40	[But] as an hired servant, [and] as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, [and] shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
	Deu 15:17	Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust [it] through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
	1Sa 1:22	But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned, and [then] I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
	1Sa 27:12	And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
	1Sa 28:2	And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
	1Ki 12:7	And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

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