The Sinfulness of Slaveholding Shown By Appeals to Reason And Scripture
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The moral law, then, as we have seen, condemns slavery.
But in the Old Testament we have not only general pre- cepts, condemnatory of slavery, but also many specific pre- cepts.
In the chapter following that in which the Decalogue is found (Exod. Xxi. 16), we find a statute, or precept, most sacredly guarding the liberty of man as man. " He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hands, he shall surely be put to death. " Doe? any one say this passage means that one riian s...hall not steal the servant or slave of another mai> ? We answer ; 1. Then the text would have been written, "He that steal- eth the servant or slave of another man shall be put to death. " It is iiot so written, byt forbids stealing any man.
2. The IJebrew woid which is here translated stealeth, ia AKCa'ME. NT FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. 13 such as is used to designate the robbery of liberty — kidnap- ping. Thus, Joseph, using the same word, say?^, " I indeed was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The moral law, then, as we have seen, condemns slavery.
But in the Old Testament we have not only general pre- cepts, condemnatory of slavery, but also many specific pre- cepts.
In the chapter following that in which the Decalogue is found (Exod. Xxi. 16), we find a statute, or precept, most sacredly guarding the liberty of man as man. " He that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hands, he shall surely be put to death. " Doe? any one say this passage means that one riian s...hall not steal the servant or slave of another mai> ? We answer ; 1. Then the text would have been written, "He that steal- eth the servant or slave of another man shall be put to death. " It is iiot so written, byt forbids stealing any man.
2. The IJebrew woid which is here translated stealeth, ia AKCa'ME. NT FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. 13 such as is used to designate the robbery of liberty — kidnap- ping. Thus, Joseph, using the same word, say?^, " I indeed was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews.
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