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Originally Posted by cupper3
You seriously don't know that shaves were used and abused?
Well, grasshopper, it's time to learn.
Slavery in the Bible |
You are so clueless, just like the next whiner.
First, the Jews are not allowed to actively enslave fellow Hebrews. In Exodus time, slavery is well regulated. Comparatively, the Egyptians killed the Jews' children on-sight simply because the Jews got over-populated. While in Jeremiah's time, all slaves should be freed.
Lev 25:35
If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you.
So the first measure to be taken in case of a poor fellow Jew is to help him out. Even in the case that the poor Jew decided to sell himself out, do not treat him as a slave.
Lev 25:39-44
39 “‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves. 40 They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
40 They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.*
41 Then they and their children are to be released, and they will go back to their own clans and to the property of their ancestors.*
42*Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.*
43 Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.*
44 “ ‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.*
In the year of Jubilee, all slaves male or female will be freed.*
As for female slaves. They are free to go as male slaves.
Deut 15:12-15
12 If any of your people—Hebrew men or women—sell themselves to you and serve you six years, in the seventh year you must let them go free. 13 And when you release them, do not send them away empty-handed. 14 Supply them liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you. 15Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this command today.
God gave them command to free male and female slaves alike. God reminded them that they should do so because God redeemed them from Egypt.
However, there are technical difficulties when this is implemented in reality. As a result, there are some rules going into the detailed situations.
The first of this is female slaves sold by their fathers. Under most circumstance, they are taken as wives one way or another. That's why they are not freed the same way as male slaves. However, the owners will have to do the following,
The first option is to take them as wives or concubines, they need to treat them equally as the non-slave wives and concubines.
The second option is to take them as wives of their children. The same applies that they should be treated equally as non-slave wives.
The third option is to allow them to be redeemded to other owners will be able to do the above 2 options.
If the owners failed to do the above three, they should allow the female slaves to go free.
Exodus 21:8-118*
8 If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her.*
9 If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.*
10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights.*
11*If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.
The second problem is that when the owners gave wives to male slaves, say in their sixth years of service. In the seven year the male slaves may go free together with the female slaves who could be new in service. As a result, rule is set that the female slaves will not be freed this way along with the male slave. They are freed by other means, that is, the 3 points listed above with the final resolution that the female slave will finally go free.
As you can see here, the slavery system in Israel is not like other slavery systems around the world at the time of Exodus. The motive is to help the poor out. And in Jeremiah's time, all slaves shall be freed.*
Jeremiah 34:8-9
8 The word came to Jeremiah from the LORD after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom for the slaves.*
9*Everyone was to free their Hebrew slaves, both male and female; no one was to hold a fellow Hebrew in bondage.