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16 And it shall come to pass that if he says to you, ‘I will not go away from you,’ because he loves you and your house, since it is good to him with you, 17 then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his ear and to the door, and he shall be your servant forever; and to your maidservant you shall do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard in your eyes when you send him away free from you, for he has been worth double of a hireling in serving you six years; and YHWH your God will bless you in all that you do. 19 All the firstborn that come from your herd and your flock—the male—you shall sanctify to YHWH your God. You shall not do work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. 20 Before the face of YHWH your God you shall eat it year by year in the place that YHWH chooses—You and your house. 21 But if there is in it a blemish—lameness or blindness, any serious blemish—you shall not sacrifice it to YHWH your God. 22 Within your gates you may eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as a gazelle or a deer. 23 Only its blood you shall not eat; you shall pour it on the ground like water. Deuteronomy 15:16-23, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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