Deuteronomy 15:15-17

Lexham English Bible

¹⁵ And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding you thus today.^{[a] 16} And then if it will happen that he says to you, ‘I do not want to go out^[b] from you,’ because he loves you and your family, because it is good for him to be with you; ¹⁷ then you shall take an awl, and you shall thrust it through his earlobe and into the door, and he shall be to you a slave forever;^[c] and you shall also do likewise for your slave woman.