15. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing to-day.
16. And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee, --because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee, --
17. then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door; and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy handmaid thou shalt do likewise.
18. Let it not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for double the worth of a hired servant hath he been to thee, in serving thee six years; and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.
19. Every firstling that is born among thy kine and among thy sheep that is a male, thou shalt hallow to Jehovah thy God thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy kine, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
20. Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year, in the place which Jehovah will choose, thou and thy household.
21. But if there be a defect therein, if it be lame, or blind, or have any evil defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God
22. In thy gates shalt thou eat it; the unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the hart.
23. Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.