5 But ^jif 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 ^kGod, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever.

16 But ^cif he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is well-off with you,

17 then you shall take an awl, and put it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your slave¹ forever. And to your female slave² you shall do the same.