5 But if the slave explicitly says, "I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,"
Exodus 21:5 Cross References - LEB
Deuteronomy 15:16-17
16 And then if it will happen that he says to you, '⌊I do not want to go out⌋* from you,' because he loves you and your family, because it is good for him to be with you;
17 then you shall take an awl, and you shall thrust it through his earlobe and into the door, and he shall be to you ⌊a slave forever⌋;* and you shall also do likewise for your slave woman.
Isaiah 26:13
13 Yahweh, our God, lords besides you ruled over us, ⌊but we praise your name alone⌋.*