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

Though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them. Amos 9:3

Trivia: What did God say he'd do with the sinners among his people?

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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