Deuteronomy 15:16-17
16But aif 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, 17then you shall take an awl, and put it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your slave ▼▼Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles (see Preface)
forever. And to your female slave ▼▼Or servant
you shall do the same. Isaiah 26:13
13O Lord our God,dother lords besides you have ruled over us,
ebut your name alone we bring to remembrance.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
14For the love of Christ fcontrols us, because we have concluded this: that gone has died for all, therefore all have died; 15and he died for all, hthat those who live might no longer live for themselves but ifor him who for their sake died and was raised.
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