Unicorns, Slavery, and Genocide in the Bible

UNICORNS SLAVERY AND GENOCIDE IN THE BIBLE

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A. Unicorns

“God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.” (Numbers 23:22)

“Save me from the lion’s mouth; for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.” (Psalm 22:21)

1. “Re’ em” in Ancient became “monokeros” in Ancient which became “unicornis” in Ancient which became “unicorn” in .

2. Most versions today translate the Hebrew word as: “.”

B. Slavery

“If you buy a Hebrew servant he is to serve you six years. But in the seventh year he shall go free without paying anything.” (Exodus 21:2)

“If a man sells his daughter as a servant she is not to go free as male servants do.” (Exodus 21:7).

“Slaves obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and with sincerity of heart just as you would obey Christ.” (Ephesians 6:5)

“Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything to try to please them not to talk back to them and not to steal from them but to show that they can be fully trusted so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.” (Titus 2:9-10).

1. The common mistake when it comes to the Bible and slavery is assuming the word slavery as it is used in the is describing the as when it is used .

2. Slavery in the Bible was to slavery in the American south in the 1700’s…

“He who kidnaps a man whether he sells him or he is found in his possession shall surely be put to death.” (Exodus 21:16)

“If a man is caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel and he deals with him violently or sells him then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.” (Deuteronomy 24:7)

3. Slavery (like divorce) was God’s desire was it God’s design. It was a practical concession to the of broken sinful humanity.

C. Genocide

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations – Hittites Girgashites Amorites Canaanites Perizzites Hivites and Jebusites seven nations larger and stronger than you – and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.” (Deuteronomy 7:1-2)

1. Archeologists have discovered that the Canaanites were anything but .

“Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves and afterward they will come out with great possessions. You however will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.” (Genesis 15:13-16)

2. For centuries God had been with the Canaanites.

“I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. But I will not drive them out in a single year because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. Little by little I will drive them out before you until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.” (Exodus 23:27-30)

3. Israel was God’s for .

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