Commandments About Slave
10 biblical commandments from the Torah related to slave.
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Blow the ram's horn on the tenth day of the seventh month to free the slaves
Leviticus 25:9
'You shall then sound a ram's horn abroad on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of atonement you shall sound a horn all through your land.
Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the prescribed laws
Exodus 21:2
"If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.
Do not work a Hebrew slave oppressively
Leviticus 25:43
'You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God.
Do not allow a non-Israelite to work a Hebrew slave oppressively
Leviticus 25:53
'Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; he shall not rule over him with severity in your sight.
Do not have a Hebrew slave do menial slave labor
Leviticus 25:39
'If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave's service.
Give a Hebrew slave gifts when he goes free
Deuteronomy 15:14
"You shall furnish him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.
Do not send a Hebrew slave away empty-handed
Deuteronomy 15:13
"When you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.
Canaanite slaves must work forever unless injured in one of their limbs
Leviticus 25:46
'You may even bequeath them to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another.
Do not extradite a slave who fled to the Land of Israel
Deuteronomy 23:16
"He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your towns where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat him.
Do not wrong a slave who has come to the Land of Israel for refuge
Deuteronomy 23:16
"He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your towns where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat him.