* the judges.
  22  12:12  18:21-26  22:8,9,28  Nu 25:5-8  De 1:16  16:18 
  De 19:17,18  1Sa 8:1,2  Isa 1:26  Zep 3:3 
 * bore his ear.
   This significant ceremony was intended as a mark of permanent
   servitude, and was calculated to impress the servant with the
   duty of hearing all his master's orders, and obeying them
   punctually.

  Ps 40:6-8 
 * for ever.
  Le 25:23,40  De 15:17  1Sa 1:22  27:12  28:2  1Ki 12:7