The Law states: “If the slave should insistently say, ‘ I really love my master, my wife and my sons; I do not want to go out as one set free, ’ then his master must bring him near to the true God and must bring him up against the door or the doorpost; and his master must pierce his ear through with an awl, and he must be his slave to time indefinite. ” ​ — Ex. 21: 5, 6.
Seadus ütles: „Kui sulane ütleb kindla meelega: ma armastan oma isandat, naist ja lapsi, ma ei taha vabaks saada, siis ta isand viigu tema Jumala ette ja seadku ukse või piitjala juurde: ta isand torgaku tal kõrv naaskliga läbi ja ta teenigu igavesti ”.