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What was desirable was not freedom but belongingness. The slaveowner's rights over his slave-property were total, covering the person as well as the labor of the slave.

The slave was kinless, stripped of his or her old social identity in the process of capture, sale and deracination, and denied to capacity to forge new bonds of kinship through marriage alliance. These are the three basic components of slavery. With this framework in mind, let's consider how the Mosaic Law structured 'Hebrew slavery' First of all, we will have the same wide, wide range of meanings of the terms for 'slave' here, as we did in the ANE.

It will refer to general and sometimes vague subordination:. Similarly, all the subjects of Israel and Judah are called slaves of their kings , including even wives, sons, and brothers of the latter 1 Sam ; ; 2 Sam , etc. Addressing Moses and prophets, the Israelites called themselves their slaves Num ; 1 Sam , etc.

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Ruth refers to herself as a slave girl of her relative Boaz Ruth Being a vassal of the Philistine king Achish, David called himself his slave 1 Sam It is natural that the same vague and inexplicitly formulated social terminology characteristic of the ANE is also used in the Bible in relation to the subjects of foreign rulers.

For example, courtiers of an Aramean ruler or the soldiers of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II were considered slaves of their monarchs 2 Kgs ; — It is natural that kings of Judah depending on more powerful rulers of neighboring countries were considered their slaves. Such translations, however, might create some confusion and give the incorrect impression that special terms for the designation of servants and slaves are attested in the Bible…However, selecting the proper meaning from such a broad metaphorical application of the term designating a general dependence rarely presents great difficulty.

For example, Abimelech, king of Gerar, called up his slaves and told them his dream Gen Abraham gathered of his slaves, born in his household, in order to recover his kinsman Lot who had been captured by Chedorlaomer and three Mesopotamian kings Gen Upon ascending the throne of Judah, Amaziah executed his slaves who had murdered his father, the former king 2 Chr These slaves were certainly royal dignitaries.

When Josiah, king of Judah, had been killed at Megiddo, his body was taken in a chariot to Jerusalem by his slaves 2 Kgs It is quite evident that these slaves were royal soldiers. His status can only conjecturally be interpreted as an indication of actual slavery and, of course, he could have been a freeborn person.

The authorities intervened first and foremost to protect the former category of each-- citizens who had fallen on hard times and had been forced into slavery by debt or famine. Accordingly, we will examine this class of 'slaves' first native, debt. Hebrew 'slavery' i. Like the ANE, the context is a constant struggle for economic stability. The Mosaic law contains numerous initiatives designed to preclude someone having to consider voluntary slavery as an option :.

Resident aliens, orphans and widows are not to be abused, oppressed or deprived of justice. When money is lent to the poor, they are not to be charged interest.

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Elsewhere in the ancient Near East exorbitant interest rates on loans were the chief cause of people being sold into slavery. Compliance with the spirit and letter of the covenant would have produced a society marked by righteousness, compassion, and prosperity. However, there should be no poor among you , for in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, 5 if only you fully obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today.

Deut This makes any economic situations involving slavery exceptional. Some of these are:. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land. Interestingly, the passage above recognizes that this 'lending' best for self-respect of the recipient might turn into 'giving' best for economic good of the recipient quickly , but that the Hebrew should not let this obvious risk deter his heart:. He may then appeal to the LORD against you, and you will be found guilty of sin. The law of debt cancellation vv. Therefore a calculating Israelite was guilty of sin if he refused a loan for a poor brother v.

Being hardened or tightfisted meant he was not trusting the Lord to bless. There are numerous instructions to merchants and farmers to provide special help for the disadvantaged again, reducing the need for someone to sell themselves or family members. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove. Ex Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year will be food for you -- for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, and the hired worker and temporary resident who live among you, Lev Leave them for the poor and the alien.

Tigay [ JPStorah, in loc] explains the sociological rationale for this: "This exception is similar to , which exempts loans to foreigners from remission. As Shadal notes, the foreigner is normally a businessman visiting the country for purposes of trade, and he borrows in order to invest in merchandise and make a profit, not to survive poverty.

There is no moral imperative to remit loans made for such purpose or forgo interest on them. Furthermore, assuming the risk of lending and making the sacrifice that remission and interest-free loans entail are special obligations toward one's countrymen Heb, ahim , lit 'brothers' and for the sake of maintaining equilibrium in Israelite society.

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The law does not require assuming the same risk and sacrifice toward others who do not share the same obligation. Even the sacrificial system made allowances for economic status:. If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, he is to present the person to the priest, who will set the value for him according to what the man making the vow can afford.

Indeed, there was even a major structure in the economic system designed to support the poor--the automatic cancellation of debts every seven years! At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

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He shall not require payment from his fellow Israelite or brother, because the LORD's time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. She is told to remember her slavery and to not oppress the slave or the alien in the Land. There are many, many verses relative to this e. Deut 5. Just to cite a couple:. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor the alien within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest, as you do. When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again.

Leave what remains for the alien, the fatherless and the widow. That is why I command you to do this. If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, sells himself to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year you must let him go free.


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That is why I give you this command today. The content of the Mosaic law was designed to show forth both the compassion of God e. One would therefore expect that intra-Hebrew dealings would reflect a much higher standard than the law codes of the surrounding nations as indeed the historical record generally confirms. See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it.

What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him? Ps With this as background, I want to compare the verses we have on this institution with the preceding description of Western antebellum slavery. OT: There is a very fundamental difference here.

The 'slavery' of the OT was essentially designed to serve the poor! Indeed, as we shall note below, the proceeds of the transaction went to the servant only--each 'sold himself' to someone. Notice that the sole motive--in the primary text before us-- for allowing 'slavery' is so the poor can continue in the land, and that it is NEVER 'forever' indeed, other passages indicate that it was 6 years at the most!

This is radically different than an elitest-motive. Slavery is the most degrading and exploitative institution invented by man. Yet many slaves in ancient societies It was not unknown for free men to sell themselves into slavery to escape poverty and debt, or even to take up posts of responsibility in the domestic sphere. OT:: In the OT, this relationship was overwhelmingly voluntary, and forced, non-negotiated as in pledge of work, in case of default of debt, cf. This is generally in keeping with what we have noted earlier:. If a man is caught kidnapping one of his brother Israelites and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die.

You must purge the evil from among you.

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I Tim 1. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life. But if your servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your family and is well off with you, 17 then take an awl and push it through his ear lobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your maidservant.