Exodus 21:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Cross-references

• Deuteronomy 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 maidservan…
• Leviticus 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:
• Deuteronomy 19:17-18 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…
• 1 Samuel 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 min…
• Exodus 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…
• Exodus 18:21-26 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, t…
• Exodus 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, acco…
• Exodus 22:8-9 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 neigh…

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Commentary

Dictionary and topics

• Awl — An instrument only referred to in connection with the custom of boring the ear of a slave (Ex. 21:6; Deut. 15:17), in token of his volunteering perpetual service when he might be free. (Comp. Ps.…
• Crucifixion — A common mode of punishment among heathen nations in early times. It is not certain whether it was known among the ancient Jews; probably it was not. The modes of capital punishment according to the…
• Ear — Used frequently in a figurative sense (Ps. 34:15). To “uncover the ear” is to show respect to a person (1 Sam. 20:2 marg.). To have the “ear heavy”, or to have “uncircumcised ears” (Isa. 6:10), is to…
• Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
• Medicine — Egypt was the earliest home of medical and other skill for the region of the Mediterranean basin, and every Egyptian mummy of the more expensive and elaborate sort involved a process of anatomy.…
• Slave — Jer. 2:14 (A.V.), but not there found in the original. In Rev. 18:13 the word “slaves” is the rendering of a Greek word meaning “bodies.” The Hebrew and Greek words for slave are usually rendered…
• Awl · A tool — A tool
• Boring The Ear · A token of servitu — A token of servitu
• Creditor · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
• Debtor · LAWS CONCERNING — LAWS CONCERNING
• Ear · Bored as a sign of servitu — Bored as a sign of servitu
• Ear, The