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Originally Posted by Basilissa
When you SELL al person, you can call it whatever you want, but in modern language any form of human trafficking is defined as SLAVERY. A servant who is not a slave cannot be sold and bought, a servant who is a free person goes wherever they want to work out of their free will.
No, the difference is that a MALE SLAVE's SLAVERY PERIOD lasts seven years, and after that seven years a male slave is free to do whatever the hell he wants. Basically, male slavery in the Bible is a form of indentured servitude, where a person buys their own freedom after working a fixed period of time.
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Yes but you have to consider the time period and the culture of the time. Women could not own property, they were considered less than men and it would be harmful them to go free. This was for their own protection. And your initial interpretations of the verses you quoted were WAY off. They were not talking about sex trafficing as you suggested. This is why you really need to study the Bible to understand it.
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Originally Posted by Basilissa
Others could call it inciting genocide, but only after she felt in danger herself, not before.
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Esther was scared but it was her cousin that gave the courage to stand before the king and rescue her people. Mordecci says ,"Who knows but that you have come to a royal position for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14)" There was a reason she was Queen as she was chosen by God to rescue His people. She risked her own life, to save her people. She cared more about others than herself. She could of kept quiet.
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Originally Posted by Basilissa
Nope. It just means He liked her for some reason. If God really considered men and women to be equal, HE WOULD HAVE SAID SO.
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Deborah was only spoken about very highly and the men of her time obeyed her. We read this in Judges 4:6,"She sent for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor." Here we see Deborah speaking on behalf of God as a Judge. We also see that Israel was blessed with 40 years of peace during her leadership. This clearly shows that yes, God liked Deborah, but He also chose her to lead. And God did say men and women are equal when He said that man and woman are created in the image of God and that husbands and wives become one flesh once they are married.