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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There are two (or three) versions of the 10 Commandments in the Bible itself, before we even consider translation issues:

https://news.utexas.edu/2019/02/04/ten-commandments-in-texas-classrooms-but-what-version/

Anyway, the NIV translation uses "servant" instead of "slave", which seems bogus to me.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Luckily that commandment is in exodus 20, and exodus 21 just happens to have the rules for selling your daughter as a "servant" for life, as well as the punishment for beating "servants" to death. You know, normal stuff.

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