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But ^(c)if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out as a free man,'

then his master shall bring him to ^[d]God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.

"^(m)If your ^[f]kinsman, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall set him ^[g]free.

When you set him ^[h]free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.

You shall furnish him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the Lord your God has blessed you.

You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you ^[i]this today.

It shall come about ⁽ⁿ⁾if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,' because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you;