Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 7000 God's people » 7300 Institutions and culture of OT » 7446 slavery » 7447 slavery, in OT Slavery in the OT occurs when someone either voluntarily or forcibly becomes completely subject to another person's control. Reasons for slavery War Deuteronomy 20:10-11 See also Genesis 14:21; Numbers 31:9; 2 Kings 5:2; 2 Chronicles 28:8 Purchase Leviticus 25:44-45 See also Genesis 37:23-28 Debt 2 Kings 4:1 See also Exodus 22:2-3; Leviticus 25:39,47-48; Deuteronomy 15:12; Nehemiah 5:1-5 Birth Exodus 21:4 See also Genesis 17:12-13; Ecclesiastes 2:7; Jeremiah 2:14 Conscription of foreigners as forced labour 2 Samuel 12:29-31 See also Exodus 1:11-14; Joshua 9:22-23; Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:28; 1 Kings 9:20-21 Rights of slaves Rights of protection against physical and sexual abuse Leviticus 25:43 See also Exodus 21:7-11,20-21,26-27 Rights to participate in religious feasts and festivals Exodus 23:12 See also Exodus 20:9-10; Deuteronomy 12:11-12 Rights to inherit property Rights of asylum The release of slaves Release in the Year of Jubilee Leviticus 25:54-55 See also Leviticus 25:39-41 Release after six years of service Exodus 21:2 See also Exodus 21:3-6; Deuteronomy 15:12-18; Jeremiah 34:8-20 The six-year principle was being abused in the time of Jeremiah. Release through redemption by a near relative The status of slaves Slaves as property Leviticus 25:46 See also Exodus 21:32; Leviticus 25:39-42 Fellow Israelites were not to be regarded as property. Slaves as trusted advisors See also
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