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.
Bauslībā bija norādīts: ” Ja ebrējs teiks: ” Es mīlu savu kungu, savu sievu un savus bērnus, ” tad lai viņš neaiziet brīvībā. Tad lai viņa kungs to nostata Dieva priekšā un lai to pieved durvīm vai stabiem, un kungs lai ar īlenu izdur cauri viņa ausij, un tas lai kalpo viņam mūžīgi. ” ( 2. Moz.