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Deu 15:17 — Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust [it] through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

for ever		Lev 25:39-42; 1Sa 1:22

Correlating Passages

for ever

	Lev 25:39	And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
	Lev 25:40	[But] as an hired servant, [and] as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, [and] shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
	Lev 25:41	And [then] shall he depart from thee, [both] he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
	Lev 25:42	For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
	1Sa 1:22	But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned, and [then] I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

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Scott, Thomas. "Deuteronomy 15:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Deu/15/17.html>.

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