Thou shalt make two cherubims of gold.... And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another. ([Ex. 25 : 18, 20].)
Slavery and Oppression Ordained.
Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. ([Gen. 9 : 25].)
Of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy.... They shall be your bondmen forever; but over your brethren, the children of Israel, ye shall not rule with rigor. ([Lev. 25 : 45, 46].)
I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people afar off; for the Lord hath spoken it. ([Joel 3 : 8].)
Slavery and Oppression Forbidden.
Undo the heavy burdens.... Let the oppressed go free, ... break every yoke. ([Is. 58 : 6].)
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him. ([Ex. 22 : 21].)
He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. ([Ex. 21 : 16].)