Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-02-28

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younger sons-de6ning their relation to is
the first born, who is called Lord and l
rnlsr-7to prophets, TO kings, TO the Mes IS
siah, and in respectful addresses not less t
than fifty times in the Old Testament. II
1.-THE Israeliles not only held slaves,
but multitudes of them, why had their
language no 1cord that meant slGUe? If
Abraham had thousands, and if they
Gbounded under the Mosaic system. why |
had they no such 1cOrd as slave or slave
ryl That language must be wofully
poverty stricken, which has no signs to
represent the most common and familiar
objects and conditions. To represent by
the same word, and without figure, prop
erty, and the oa0ner Of that property, is a
solecism. Ziba was an "Ebed," yet he
own.d" Q) twenty Ebeds In English
we have both the words serrGut and sLave
Why! Because we have both the things. |
and need signs for them. 1.-THE tongue
had a sheath, as swords have scabbardS,
we should have some name for it; but
our dictionaries give US none. Why p
Because there is no such thing But the
director asks, Would not the Israeites
use their word Ebed if they spoke Of the
slave OF a heathen?" Answer. The SER
wants OF indviduals among the heather
are scarcely evel alluded 10. National
servants or Tributaries, are spoken Of fire.
quently, but so rarely are their domestic
servants alluded to, no necessity existed,
even if they were slaves, for coming
new word. Besides, the fact of their be-
ing domestics, under heather laos and
vsGgss, proclaimed their liabilities; their
locality told their condition so that in
applying to them the word Ebed, there
would be no danger of being misunder-
stood But if the Israelites had not only
servants, but besides these, multitude OF
slares, a roord meaning Slaue, would have
been indispensable Tor purposes Of every
day convenience. Further, the laws oil
the Mosaic system were so many senti-
ne!s on every side, TO warn off foreign
practices. The border ground of Cauaan
was quarantine ground, enforcing the
strictest non-intercourse between the aolth
out and the a0ithin, not Of persons, bu! o.
usages The fact that the Hebrew Ian.
guage had no words corresponding tc
Stare and sLarery. though not concIu
sive argument, is no slight corroboratlve
III. "FeREVER'-"T They shall be
your bondmen toreUer." This is quoted
to prove that servants We're to serve dur
ing their life time, and their posterity
he from generation to generation.
No such idea is contained in the pas
sage. The word toreUer, instead Of de
ining the length of individual service
proclaims the permanence of the rugula
ton laid down in the two verses proceed
ing, namely, that their permanent dOmeS
tics should be of the Strangers, and nc
of the Israelites; and it declares the dura
ton Of that general provision. AS if Go
had said, You shall olwoys get you
permanent laborers from the nations roun
about you-your servants shall Away
be Of that class Of persons. AS it stand
in the original, it is plain" FOrerer {
them shall ye scrpe yourselves" This
the. literal rendering of,he Hebrew word
which, in our version, are TRANSLATED
They shall be your bondmen torerer."
This construction is in keeping wit
the whole Of the passage. "Bolh tn
bondmen and thy bondmaids, which tho
shalt have, shall be Of the heather I'll
= nations) that are round about you. {
THEM shall We buy bondmen and bon
= maids. Moreover of the children of II
lOd' strangers that do solourn among you,
men THEM shall We buy" &c. The desis
ace Of this passage is manifest from its stru
~nd ture. Ii was 10 point out the class of pc
men sons from which they were 10 get the
hit- supply of servants, and the ,oay in whi
urn they were to get them. That "torerei
n of 70 tho ~olot &
hich mnnity, rather than to the services of 1
u be diUid~als, is a fair inference from t
hem form Of the expression, They shall
jtsr your possession Ye shall take them
they an inheritance for your children to inhe
XIV. them fer possession TO say nothi
of the uncertainty Of these indiridut
1 as surviving those after whom they are
med live, the language used. applies more n
en-" urally to body ofpeople, than to indiv1
POS uaL servants.
But suppose 1t otherwise: still perp
ser uGL service could not be argued from t
see term torerer. The ninth and tenth ,vers
lold- of the same chapter, limit it absolutely
page the jubilee. Then shalt thou cause
'anc- trumpet of the Jubilee TO sound on
erms tenth day of the sereuh month in
for day of atonsment shall ye make the tTu
PCT sound throughout ALL your land"
'ants "And ye scaH haL'OoO the fttisth ys
zen" and proclaim liberty throughout all
- is land unto ALL the inhabitants thereof
we're 1t may be objected that g inhabitan
mes here mean IsraeLitish inhabitants alone
!, we The Command is, Proclaim libe
H. throughout all the land unto ALL the
pas habitdats thereof" Besides, in the 81!