But the regulations concerning the treatment of slaves were so fair and humane that the Law of Moses made the following provision: “If the slave should insistently say, ‘ I really love my master, my wife and my sons; I do not want to go out as one set free, ’ then his master must bring him near to the true God and must bring him up against the door or the doorpost; and his master must pierce his ear through with an awl, and he must be his slave to time indefinite. ” ​ — Exodus 21: 2 - 6; Leviticus 25: 42, 43; Deuteronomy 15: 12 - 18.
והגישוֹ אדוניו אל האלוהים והגישו אל הדלת או אל המזוזה. ורָצַע אדוניו את אוזנו במרצֵעַ, ועבדוֹ לעולם ” (‏ שמות כ ” א: 2 – 6 ;‏ ויקרא כ ” ה: 42, 43 ;‏ דברים ט ” ו: 12 – 18‏) .‏