Awl (Easton)

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An instrument only referred to in connection with the custom of boring the ear of a slave ( Exodus 21:6 ; Deuteronomy 15:17 ), in token of his volunteering perpetual service when he might be free. (Compare Psalm 40:6 ; Isaiah 50:5 ).

Source

• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)