Exodus 21:5-6
servant <05650> [And if.]
<0559> [shall plainly say. Heb. saying shall say.]
judges <0430> [the judges.]
pierce ... ear <0241 07527> [bore his ear.]
This significant ceremony was intended as a mark of permanent servitude, and was calculated to impress the servant with the duty of hearing all his master's orders, and obeying them punctually.
forever <05769> [for ever.]
