Was God okay with people beating other people? Exodus 21:20-21
Exodus 21:20-21
King James Version (KJV)
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
What are your thoughts?
Well I researched the meaning behind this and I think what God is trying to tell us, if someone is beaten (in this case, slave/servant) that person must be punished. However if he gets back up to continue the work, there will not be any punishment as this is the work of the servant. If the servant is ok with it than obviously this is clearly not an act that needed to be punished.
those days were different than it is today and I am sure God is up to the times of today, I mean after all he created the world and knows exactly what is going to happen.
There is a lot of controversy scriptures for some (not me) in the bible that seems to make it ok to do certain things such as sacrifice and animal. However what I think people do not realize (and watching the bible series on the history channel is a good example of Gods punishment) that God is just and wishes us all to repent,, however he does not leave the guilty unpunished.
What most do not want to admit is to his wrath, and God is not to be question. He can do whatever he wants. He does not need are ok nor does he do something and think he made a mistake after the fact. Whatever he does is justified.
Pharaoh was given many chances to repent and set the people free, however he refused 3 times and all times God set forth punishment. The last no God warned he would take the first born son. He did just that. He brought this punishment on himself. Actually God showed mercy, the plagues and the bugs he first set on Pharaoh was not to take his life when indeed he had every right to do this. It came to pass and yet Pharaoh wanted to prove that he actually was higher than God or actually had the nerve to say he was a god.
God says .....there will be no other gods before me and he warns.......vengeance is mine I will repay.
Just my opinion.
Have a good day
I appreciate the long informative answer. Thank you
I don't think God is happy with people beating other people, .. He want them to live in harmony. Everyone is equal in the sight of God. It is only when we commit sin that we are to be punished. I believe that is the reason why God is showing us the right way so that we'll be able to escape the punishment, and at the same time to live in harmony with each other.
Just my opinion!..
The proper translation should read "slave" not servant. Historically speaking, slaves had one primary objective: to please the master in everything through their loyal obedience to him. In return, slaves could look forward to receiving freedom one day, protection, food, a roof over their head and even a limited amount of social affluence based on the status of his master.
Israelites could sell themselves into debt slavery due to financial insolvency, but they were to be treated as hired servants under the Mosiac law (Lev 25:35-43). Non-Jewish slaves were merely considered property (Lev 25:44-46).
Since there were no prisons in that day, a master had to keep his slaves in line when they disobeyed or did evil things. The punishment was always to fit the crime. Masters who were evil and beat their servants regardless will still be held accountable to Christ upon their deaths as everyone will be on judgement day regardless of the sentence they received for the harsh treatment of their slaves.
Remember, God also was ok with parents striking their children. For no reason? No, but as punishment for disobedience and to deter children from doing further evil for their own good.
by aka-dj 11 years ago
I heard a Muslim woman teach a section of the Koran, and in that monologue, she stated something to the effect that Muslims may enter heaven through torture, and some without.I guess, a "good" Muslim will enter without, and a not-so-good one will suffer torment to enter.Is this a...
by mums4u 13 years ago
why we are punished for our sin ?In our religious books its written that nothing can happen without the will & wish of GOD...Its written both in GITA and BIBLE & KURAN that without the wish of GOD even a leaf can't fall...that means everything that happens on this earth is done by...
by romper20 12 years ago
I don't have pre teen children, but I say spank away.
by RKHenry 12 years ago
I'm curious, how many of you out there believe that on May 21, 2011- your god is coming to earth to carry you up to heaven?What makes you Christians believe in this BS? http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additi … -2011.html"On this day, Camping predicts, the earth will shake, tombs will...
by Grace Marguerite Williams 11 years ago
Anyone who attended Catholic schools can attest to the discipline, sometimes harsh, that they received from the nuns and priests. One man informed me that in his high school, the priests or brothers will regularly hit him for a minute infraction. A woman I know relayed to me...
by Asahda Shavaja Poet of the New Age 12 years ago
Is this idea causing our youth to become immoral? Why go to these extents just to SEPARATE GOD & KNOWLEDGE..does it make sense? When I was young my class said the pledge of allegiance every morning and spoke the words "one nation under GOD", now it's a crime, really? What are your...
Copyright © 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2024 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |