Psalm 137:9

[Harry Nevis]

When do you get to the part about forcing servitude? Kidnapping is not the same.

Yes it is...

Come on atheists, is this the best you got?

And here I thought you were a dictionary fan.

I guess you're just a dick.

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No it isn't, dumbass.

Suppose you just kidnap a woman and rape the shit out of her.  According to your silly book you have to pay off her father.

LoL

Kidnapping someone was punishable by death, whether or not you made them preform free labor is irrelevant...

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/blood-avenger

 

   A person who is authorized by law, or who is duty-bound, to kill a murderer is called go'el ha-dam – usually translated as an avenger of blood, but more accurately to be rendered as a redeemer of blood (cf. Lev. 25:25; Ruth 3:12; I Kings 16:11). By putting the murderer to death (Num. 35:19, 21), the avenger expiates the blood shed on the polluted land (Num. 35:33). Originally private revenge was legitimate in Israel, as in other ancient civilizations, not only for homicide but also for mayhem (cf. Gen. 4:23–24) and rape (Gen. 34:25–26); and the restrictions on the avenger's rights and their legal regulation marked the beginnings of a system of criminal law (see B. Cohen in bibl.). It was stipulated that only murder with malice aforethought (Num. 35:20–21; Deut. 19:11–13) or committed with a murderous instrument (Num. 35:16–18; for further examples, see Maim., Yad, Roze'ah u-Shemirat Nefesh 6:6–9) gave rise to the avenger's right (see Mak. 12a, Sanh. 45b); the unintentional manslayer was entitled to refuge from the avenger (Num. 35:12, 15; Deut. 19:4–6) and was liable to be killed by him only when he prematurely left the city of refuge (Num. 35:26–28). It may be considered a concession to human nature that avenging was not wholly prohibited, but only restricted and regulated: the natural "hot anger" (Deut. 19:6) of the victim's next of kin is left at least some legal outlet.

Did not one of king Davids sons kill his brother because he raped his sister?

Arguing the bible is definitely not one of your strong points... you shouldn't do it.

Nothing about servitude.  The Dick strikes again.