Dictionary of Bible Themes Slavery in the OT occurs when someone either voluntarily or forcibly becomes completely subject to another person's control. Deuteronomy 20:10-11Reasons for slavery See also War Genesis 14:21Numbers 31:9 2 Kings 5:2 2 Chronicles 28:8 Leviticus 25:44-45 See also Purchase Genesis 37:23-282 Kings 4:1 See also Debt Exodus 22:2-3Leviticus 25:39,47-48 Deuteronomy 15:12 Nehemiah 5:1-5 Exodus 21:4 See also Birth Genesis 17:12-13Ecclesiastes 2:7 Jeremiah 2:14 2 Samuel 12:29-31 See also Conscription of foreigners as forced labour Exodus 1:11-14Joshua 9:22-23; 16:10 Judges 1:28 1 Kings 9:20-21 Leviticus 25:43 Rights of slaves See also Rights of protection against physical and sexual abuse Exodus 21:7-11,20-21,26-27Exodus 23:12 See also Rights to participate in religious feasts and festivals Exodus 20:9-10Deuteronomy 12:11-12 Genesis 15:3 Rights to inherit property Deuteronomy 23:15Rights of asylum Leviticus 25:54-55The release of slaves See also Release in the Year of Jubilee Leviticus 25:39-41Exodus 21:2 See also Release after six years of service Exodus 21:3-6Deuteronomy 15:12-18 Jeremiah 34:8-20 Leviticus 25:47-53 The six-year principle was being abused in the time of Jeremiah. Release through redemption by a near relative Leviticus 25:46The status of slaves See also Slaves as property Exodus 21:32Leviticus 25:39-42 1 Samuel 9:5-10 Fellow Israelites were not to be regarded as property. See also Slaves as trusted advisors 1315 God, as redeemer5247 carpenters 5267 control 5290 defeat 5476 property 5605 warfare 5674 daughters 5675 divorce 7223 exodus, significance 7390 Levites 7505 Jews, the |
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