And the bible condones it.Technically we all are.You're a slave to the god of the bible.1. The Bible did not condone slavery.
2. Slavery during this time was indentured servitude. People sold themselves as slaves when they could not pay their debts or provide for their families.
3. Both the OT and NT expressly forbid forced slavery. The penalty for such a crime in the Mosaic Law was death: “Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must be put to death” (Exodus 21:16)
4. Indentured servants were treated pretty bad back in those days. Mosaic Law measurably raised the standards of treatment heads and shoulders above their contemporaries of the day.
not really-----oved means someone who works for someone else----
it does not indicate or even imply chattel slavery. People used to
sign letters ------instead of "sincerely yours" ------"your faithful serviant"
It is simply a kind of etiquette. The issue of historic slavery relates to the
actual legal status of the institution and its associated customary usages