Servant: Bond: Voluntary Servitude of

If a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,

But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

…then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.

So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’ …