5. But if he makes this statement: ‘I hereby declare my love for my master, my wife, and my children. I don’t want to leave as a free man,’
6. then his master must bring him to God. The master must bring him to the door or the doorframe and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his slave for life.
7. “Whenever a man sells his daughter into slavery, she will not go free the way male slaves do.
8. If she doesn’t please the master who has chosen her as a wife, he must let her be bought back by one of her close relatives. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has treated her unfairly.
9. But if he has chosen her for his son, he must treat her like a daughter.
10. If that son marries another woman, he must not deprive the first wife of food, clothes, or sex.