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You shall not rule over him with rigor, but shall fear your God.
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God's Ultimate Ownership
Commentators explain that the command to "fear thy God" is the foundation for this law. To treat a fellow Israelite harshly was to disrespect God's own rights, as He was their ultimate Lord and Master. This fear was also rooted in gratitude for their own deliverance from slavery in Egypt, reminding them not to inflict the same cruelty they had once suffered.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Fear thy God - Yahweh was the Lord and Master of His people. To treat a Hebrew as a slave was therefore to interfere with the right…
19th Century
Anglican
You shall not rule over him with rigour. —The master is forbidden to tyrannise over him as if he were a slave without any…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall not rule over him with rigour As the Egyptians ruled over the Israelites, and made them to serve, ([Reference E…
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