Deuteronomy 15:16-17
15:16 a he loves you: In the context of a covenant, this phrase speaks of a binding relationship with both legal and emotional overtones.15:17 b push it through his earlobe: This disfigurement publicly indicated that a bondservant had voluntarily indentured himself to his master for life. This might be what Paul meant when he said “I bear on my body the scars that show I belong to Jesus” (Gal 6:17 c).
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