0 According to the Bible, when is it OK to beat your slaves?

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. Mark 9:47

Trivia: In Mark 13:32, what did Jesus say he didn't know?

According to the Bible, when is it OK to beat your slaves?


As long as they live at least a day or two after the beating.

If a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and ... he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. Exodus 21:20

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