Verse 5

But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I do not want to go free,’

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  • Deut 15:16-17 : 16 But if they say to you, 'I will not leave you,' because they love you and your household and are well off with you, 17 then take an awl and pierce their ear to the door, and they will become your servant for life. You shall do the same for your female servant.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.
  • Isa 26:13 : 13 LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone we honor.