What are the Old Testament slavery laws?
Thursday, 15 January 2009 22:04
< Some standard laws.
- Hebrew slaves only work for 6 years and on the 7th year, they get set free (Exo 21:2)
- Can't kidnap a person and sell him or make him into your slave
- Can't kill any slave by beating him up
- Can't beat up a slave
- Punishment: if slave gets well afterward, it will only cost the master for having an injured slave not working.
- If a tooth or eye or whatever is destroyed, then the slave goes free.
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