her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. Ex. xxi, 7.

3. If a thief be found breaking up- he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. Ex. xxii, 2.

4. And if a man smite his servant or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue. a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his money. Ex. xxi, 20.

5. And he that stealeth a man and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. Ex. xxi, 16.

6. Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in anywise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry, and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless. Ex. xxii, 21.

7. Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither. lie one to another. Lev. xix, 11.

8. Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him; the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. Lev. xix, 13.

9. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stum. bling block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God. Lev. xix, 14.

10. Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; I am the LORD. Lev. xix, 18.

11. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee, then thou shalt relieve him; yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Lev. xxv, 35.

12. And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond-servant. But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee; and then shall he depart from thee, for they are my servants. they shall not be sold as bond-men. Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God. Lev. xxv, 39.

13. Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bond-maids. Lev. xxv, 44.

14. And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remem

bered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. Num. x, 9.

15. Thou shalt not steal, neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor's. Deut. v, 19-21.

16. For the LORD your God is God of gods, and LORD of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward. He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment; love ye, therefore, the stranger; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Deut. x, 17.

17. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates, in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother; but thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his in that which he wanteth. Deut. xv. 7.

18. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Deut. xv, 9.

19. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart

`shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. Deut. xv, 10.

20. For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy in thy land. Deut. xv, 11.

21. And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years, then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty. Deut. xv, 12.

22. Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. Deut. xv, 14.

23. It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years; and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. Deut. xv, 18.

24. Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee; he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose, in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best; thou shalt not oppress him. Deut. xxiii, 15.

25. If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandize of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. Deut. xxiv, 7.

26. Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates; at his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it; lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. Deut. xxiv, 14.

27. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge; but thou shalt remember, that thou wast a bond-man in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence; therefore I command thee to do this thing. Deut. xxiv, 17.

NOTES ON CHAPTER III.

We are so much accustomed to think of a man's going to a slave market, and buying servants for a third person, just as he would buy an ox or a horse, that we can hardly imagine any other way in which a person should obtain servants with money. But how was it in ancient times, when the Bible was written? Let us look and see what was the usage, and who it was that sold, when they bought servants.