The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-11-11
From the Akron Democrat
DOES THE BIBLE SANCTION
i .4-8 5tar SLAVERY }f,


A friend of the Democrat, who is a resi-
dent of Franklin Mills, has complied for it
the following Bible passages relative to Sla-
very: tl 10 i.s E1tl -
10 u etsis ,Ii7s GENESIS. saa- - -
!, Chap. e.-25 And he said, cursed be
Canaan servant ofservants shall he be un-
to his brethren.
!. e26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of
Shem, aud Canaan shall be his servant -.
= 14-16. And he entreated Abraham, well
for her sake land he had sheep, and oxen,
aud he asses, and 'men-Scrvants, and maid ser
wants, and she asses, and camels. s----7 - -
+ 54. And when Abraham heard that his
brother was taken captive, he armed his train
ed servants, born in his own house, three hun
dred and eighteen, aud pursued them unto
17-12. And he that is eight days old
shall be circumeised among you, every man
child in your generation he that is born in
the house, or bought with money of any
stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13. He that is born in thy house, and thst
is bought with thy money, must needs be cir
eumcised and my covenant shall be in your
flesh for an everlasting covenant.
26@34. And he said 1 am Abraham's s SER
ant.
35. And the Lord hath blessed my mastor
greatly, and he is become great and he hath
given him focks and herds, and silver and
gold, and men-servants, and maidservants,
and camels, and asses.
-e6-19.s And the man waxed great, and
went forward, and grew until he became very
great.e .ses..-,.-.
d IA. For he had possession of aocks, and
possession. of herds, and great store of SER
wants. And the PAilistines envied him.. ~
. --a
= 50-53. And the man increased exceed
Eingly, aud had MUCH cattle and men-servants,
and maid servants, and camels and asses.
EXODUS.
12-13. And the Lori said unto Moses
and Aaron :. This is tho ordinance of the pass
over There shall no stranger eat thereof:
IA. But every mans servantthat IS bought
for money. when thou hast circumcised him,
then shalt thou eat thereof. !. ,-1
45. A foreigner and an hired servant shall
not eat thereof es sa-;ass7 81
2l-20.. And if o nan .smite his servant,
or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his
hand, he shall be surely punished.
o. Notwithstanding, if he continue day
or two, he shall not be punished for he is
g. IL the OK shall punish the man SER
want or maid servant; heshall give their mas
ter thirty shekels of silver, and the OK shall
be stoned. IL = eas5s
atltit LRv1ricus. 9au
22-1o: Thereskhall be no stranger eat
of the holy thing sojourner of the priest
or an hired servant shall not eat ofsthe holy
thing.
Il. But if the priest buy any soul with
his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is
born in his house they shall eat of his meat.
25.-39. And if thy brother that dwelleth
by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee,
thou shalt not compel bim to serve as a bond
servant
40. But as an hired servant, and as so.
journer, he shall be with thee, and shall serve
thee unto the year of jubilee.
Al. And then shall he depart from thee,
both he and his children with him, and shalt
return unto his own family, and unto the pos
session of his fathers shall he return.
43. For they are my servants, which I
brought forth out of the land Of Egypt: they
shall not be sold as bondmen.
43. Thou shalt pos rule over them with
rigor, but shalt fear thy God.
A. Both thy bondmen, and bondnaids,
which thou shalt have, shall be IF the heather
that are round about you-of them shall you
buy bondmen and bond. maids.
As. Moreover, of the children of the
strangers thai do sojourn among you, of them
shall We buy, and of their families that are
with you which they begat in your land ; and
they shall be your possession.
As And ye shall take them as an inheri
tance f your children after you, to inherit
them for, possession, they shall be your
bondmen forever; but over your brethren,
the children of Israel, shall not rule one ever
another with rigor. III, .sss
Al. For the Lord shall have mercy on
Jacob and will yet choose Israel, and set
them in their own land and the stranger shall
be joined with them, and they shall cleave to
tie honor of Jacob ..t,g-
L. And the people shall take them, and
bring them to their place: and the house Of
Israel shall possess them in the land of the
Lord for servants and landmarks: and they
shall take them captives, whose captives they
were; and they shall rule over their oppres-
sors. ?. rg5. ~ So
1is-rtr-f, NEHEMIAH.
7-67. Besides their man servants and
maid servants, of whcm there were seven
thousand three hundred and thirty-seven.-
And they had two hundred and forty and five
singipg.men and singing women.
NEW TESTAMENT. i.