Leviticus 25:44-46 Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may acquire slaves. You may also acquire some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
PERSONAL COMMENTARY
Why was God ever pro-slavery?
The UnHoly Bible 
April 4th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Slaves is such a interesting term, isn’t it. We hear “slave” and we think of people shackled and beaten and working 23 hours a day.
Is this slave description ever given in Biblical times?
Secondly the anti-slavery movement is less then 200 years old. You wouldn’t be asking this same question 1000 years ago. The Bible isn’t right or wrong based on current public opinion… 🙂
March 19th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
Perhaps it does not say “shackled and beaten” per se, but then it also does not say “Held in high esteem and treated like an equal, and fairly”. Slave = slave. Where is the ambiguity in that? Please define “slave”.
Also, You say that the bible isn’t right or wrong based on public opinion, but imply that slavery was fine 1000 years ago, but not now, because the “anti-slavery movement is less than 200 years old”. Ummmmmmm…. huh? Little contradiction?
That’s BS. Deny any form of objectivity and there is no truth, no lie, no good or bad. Just “what one FEELS is right.” The Nazis were right, according to your logic. As were the Europeans who swept over the Americas, and the Spaniards as they destroyed the peoples of Central and South America. Those actions were “right” in their times.
April 4th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Perhaps it would be best if you quit mocking and “having fun” with God’s Word.
It is obvious that YOU are a slave…………to satan.
April 5th, 2007 at 5:26 am
Anonymous,
Why is quoting scripture and asking a question about it “mocking and ‘having fun’ with God’s Word?”
April 5th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
perhaps avoiding the old testament all together might clear up some things…
who’s running this blog anyways? anyone know how i can email him/her/it?
and to anon.~this blog is actually quite fair & reasonable. no mockery, just simple inquisitive questions into haunting scriptures. chill yo! hah.
July 25th, 2021 at 10:50 am
Its it so simply and plainly written, a big job for the witty bible apologists! You CAN own slaves from countries around you. Just not you fellow Israelites. The Bible says so. Apparently, you can beat them too.