Deuteronomy 20: "10 When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. 11 If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you. 12 If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city". 14 As for the women, the children, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves."
Deuteronomy 21: 10: "When you go to war against your enemies and the Lord your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife. Bring her into your home and have her shave her head, trim her her nails and put aside the clothes she was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife. If you are not pleased with her, let her go wherever she wishes. You must not sell her or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her."
2 Samuel 12: "29 So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it. 30". He took a great quantity of plunder from the city and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking [like the enslaved Israelites in Egypt]. He did this to all the Ammonite towns."
1 Kings 4: 6: Wise King Solomon had many chief officials, including "Adoniram son of Abda -- in charge of forced labor."
1 Chronicles 5: The Israelites "19 waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Napish and Nodab. 20 and God handed the Hagrites and all their allies over to them". 21 They seized the livestock of the Hagrites -- 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep and 2000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 people captive."
Luke 12: 46-48: Jesus says "But suppose the servant [slave] says to himself, "my master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk. The Master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers. That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows."
Colossians 3: 22: "Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord."
Colossians 4: 1: "Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you also know you have a master in heaven."
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