Quote:Leviticus says that Hebrew slaves should be released on the year of jubilee and that they should also be treated well, unlike they were in Egypt. Then it says that foreign slaves are for life, but it makes no comment on the 2nd part of the law, saying that slaves should not be treated with oppression. It seems like that law still applies to foreign slaves as well as Hebrew ones.
Just about the last thing they had to worry about was too many foreign "slaves." However, one can understand why they'd opine that hebrew "slaves" should be well-treated.
It's similar to this.
Quote:Ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give.
-- Robert Green Ingersoll,
