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Becoming a BondslaveHe would then be brought to the door of the house. The master would then pierce his ear through to the door with an awl (a tool used to punch holes in leather). This very public and painful ceremony was meant to ensure that the decision was not taken lightly nor brought about by coercion.3


Exodus 21:1-6 “When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing… But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever.”