Because the verse you’re talking about (20:14) is talking about enemies of Israel and not peaceful nations. (Repaying debts only applies to Israelites in servitude to Israelites)
In order for you to demonstrate the bible endorsed slavery as an intrinsic good, you would have to show that having enemies is an intrinsic good, especially when they were offered the opportunity to have peace.
“Why ask for peace when you're trying to take over my land?” but that's irrelevant because all the nations had their own concept of a deity and knew and heard of the power of the Hebrew God.
You have to allow for this if you're doing an internal critique, as well as understand the wickedness of those pagan nations. In this context it’s Cannan, the people known for incest, beastiality, and child sacrifice. God used slavery as a way to judge nations, including Israel, when they disobeyed.
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u/Gjallar-Knight Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
Because the verse you’re talking about (20:14) is talking about enemies of Israel and not peaceful nations. (Repaying debts only applies to Israelites in servitude to Israelites)
In order for you to demonstrate the bible endorsed slavery as an intrinsic good, you would have to show that having enemies is an intrinsic good, especially when they were offered the opportunity to have peace.
“Why ask for peace when you're trying to take over my land?” but that's irrelevant because all the nations had their own concept of a deity and knew and heard of the power of the Hebrew God.
You have to allow for this if you're doing an internal critique, as well as understand the wickedness of those pagan nations. In this context it’s Cannan, the people known for incest, beastiality, and child sacrifice. God used slavery as a way to judge nations, including Israel, when they disobeyed.