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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (9098)	3/19/2001 8:02:11 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Very interesting. Not too nice, being a slave. Beatings aside. For example, if your master has given you a wife, and you and she have children, and you gain your freedom, your wife and children are still his -- "and [the servant] shall go out by himself." Ouch. This struck me particularly: <<<Exodus 21:20 * 20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he [is] his money. (Beating a slave is alright as you do not kill him)>>> Solon, I believe that means that the master should be punished only if the servant is beaten to death on the spot; but if the servant clings to life for a day or two, there is no punishment. I was reminded of another interesting Biblical passage. The penalty for causing a pregnant woman to abort is a fine. Unless there is "mischief," which the miscarriage itself isn't -- that is evidently no big deal: 21:22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 21:23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life (So the miscarriage caused by the man isn't "mischief." It's only worth a fine, according to the Bible.)