The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-06
VOLUME /.
COMMUNICATIONS.
H. distinguishing 'ra''' % '"e ''"'~"
law Of >sryiimae.-N". ..

n so-h-'A
a. distinguishing tra''s OF '"e ''"'"'s
saw Of >srviiaae.-N". ..
a a, ,.a. NOT psrpeiBal Siansrs.
nv ,he Mosaic Law, once ~ every my year,
.s,s,e was 10 revert back TO IT'S orgina
.rs--aIl debts were 10 he canceie1 slave
-. ana every inhabItani 81 '"e 'ana as y
aa o2poriun;. to begin ne a,,.a''
enacinent in Lev. >;
s" 49, we're freed from their debts and
=, f;her,y." Antiq. 7. lll.C. IL. ;. j.
We - = - intended 10 keep the state in The
-" s.. "a ,rhish il was al frsi established by
eehe.''.. T.rsnl ineuualiIies in society 10 pre-
a. oos.bilily of accommodating large ca
auue 49, "a take away the temptation Of avariee
have affirmed that II was only The lie
-. ..,-,nt who Was sci free al The jubilee,
80, ~. r,,siVn servant might be held in per-
- londsSe. according 10 verse 10, which
=. fc,gors. find re srsa fsss thean as as On :
1900, to, vsur children after you, 10 inhefif
-. Ia, . neSs,ssioa; they shall be yoar bond
IN foy,u,y, (or more correctly, We Moa sute
,,,grssl,ss scifk them DerDetHSas,) our orsF soaf
by,tbr,s the children Of Isrssi, ge shan nof rue
ARR on, another ,sifA TigeT. The language oil
80, s,.,,,o : fully ami best explained on the
,bs Hebrews to look 10 fereiga nations snd not
- their own people, as their perpetual source
:, snaalv far servants. II was not required or
ilos that the indis ual servant should be held
in nsr,elual bonsage; bat that the children Of
,orsisners should be the only ones Regarded as
"a. raqulsr and stated supply for servants
,hro.gb ali time fs sacH seTre yourselves Nth
Inn iorsuSr, ana not with your own people:
Tba, this is the proper meaning OF the statute
.,,s,r. evident from the following consicera-
-. The Hebrew servant was set free every
s,rsEth wear, ana not every nttldh-i see Ehoa'
u. 3-Deut Is: l2;) so that If this jubilee
statute refers 10 none but Hebrew servants, IL Is
ca.te sup.riiuOus aud unmesning.
= The terms of the statute are explicit ana
uuiyersal lie shall hallOe the tttiesA year and
yroe!gim hGSfty throughout oil The land nhi" all
n. inhabitants Thereof. or more LITERAL through
al he LaHd unto all ,eho inhabi a.; the par
,ieiole iahaLsting being used in the original. and
moi the noun iHhabuaHt Foreign slaves IN
L,ki,sa The land as well as Hebrew slaves, and
Uere therefore included in the statute.
z Foreign servants rs well ~ Hebrew ser
vspis we're 10 be initiated in the Hebrew re-
igion: and. when willing. they were 10 be re-
cave as members Of the Hebrew community
and when thus received they were entitled 10 all
the privileges and immunities Of native lie
brews-for there was 10 be but one law for the
converted stranger and the native Hebrew.
The Jews themselves 80 understood the law (:
,ps Il the foreign servant refused TO Join the
Iegi.h servant, his master was not allowed 10
retain him, but al the end Of one year was oo-
Hged 10 send him back TO his home. The fol-
lowing - the statement of the Jew Maimonides,
tn. most able perhap. of all the writers on the
Hebrew lsw.
l.. h. .akxsar af
an Israelite, or whether ne be purchased rom
the heather the master is TO bring them both
into the covenant
..Rut he that i in the house is entered on the
eighth Gav, and he that Is bought with money,
on the cav on which his master receives him,
unless The slave be unwilling. For il the mas
ter receives d grown slave, and he be unwi
ling, his master is 10 bear with him. TO seek TO
win him over bv instruction, and by love and
Kindness for one wear After which, should lac
refuse 50 long, it is forbidden TO keep him longer
;hsn wear; and the master must sead him back
20 the strangers whence lac came. For the Tod oil
Jacob will not accept any other than the worship
GA xiiag heart.' (Msiinon, Hiiro,ts Mbotts,
chsp. ser. :, quoted in Barnes on slavery, p.
l32.
5 The term torereT relied upon an v. 10, 10
luslcals perpetual slavery is used ia reference
certainly. Exe5 81: o. Deut. l5,: Ia 10 de-
note simply till the year Of jubilee--snd, there
fore. here when used GU the same subject, and
ia the same connection is 90 be understood in the
same sense. Ii simply indicates that the man
shall Be q slave as long as any one eau DC slave
namely, ti the year Of jubilee.
FOT al. these reasons, il seems evident, that
the literal Interpretation Of 10, Is not to be so
pressed as to contradict the obvious meaning
VI vs.. 40 The whole spirit of the Mosaic code,
the parallel passages on the same subject, and
the practice Of the Hebrews themselves under
this laval prohibit the Limitation Of W. 10
and imperatively demsiId the Interpretation
which We have given 10 VS.. i5.
Here thea, We have another important and
mos, humane Distinguishing trait OF the Mosaic
law Of servitude, namely, general ema"eipd-
ton ersry ftty yesrs.
COrr-cton--Ia No. I. for a. Mind one Of David .
most distinguished military men, was a iiittite,
read Tiah, one Of Davids, &c.