The commands here are repeated from Exodus 21:2-6, with amplifications relative to the maidservant (Deuteronomy 15:12) and to the makin…

And to your maidservant you shall do likewise —i.e., “in furnishing her liberally” (Rashi), and “po ibly also in retainin…

And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; then …

Then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear
unto the door
Not of your m…

Here the law concerning Hebrew servants is repeated. There is an addition, requiring masters to put some small stock into their servants' hands to …