Exodus 21:6

Unto the judges] RV 'unto God.' The expressions are really identical, for the judges would be the priests, or the high priest, and the transaction would take place at the sanctuary and have the sanction of the divine judgment: see on Exodus 22:8; Exodus 22:28; RV. Bore his ear] The fastening of the ear to the doorpost signifies his perpetual attachment to the house of his master: cp. Deuteronomy 15:17. The ear is pierced as being the organ of hearing and, therefore, of obedience.