For ever — All the time of his life, or, at least, 'till the year of jubilee. Likewise — That is, either dismiss her with plenty, or engage her to perpetual servitude, in the same manner and by the same rites.
Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 15:17
Deuteronomy 15:17
17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.