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.
एखाद्या दासाला आपल्या चांगल्या मालकाचा गुलाम बनून कायम त्याच्या घराण्यातच राहण्याची सुरक्षितता अनुभवायची असल्यास तो आपल्या मालकासोबत अशा प्रकारचा कायमस्वरूपी व बंधनकारक करार करू शकत होता.