2 (NIV) "If you buy a
Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the
seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. 3
If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he
has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him. 4 If
his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or
daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to
her master, and only the man shall go free. 5 "But
if the servant declares, `I love my master and my wife and
children and do not want to go free,' 6 then his master
must take him before the judges. He shall take him
to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear
with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.