The differing treatment of persons in Biblical law
In this section
- Does Biblical law really allow a father to sell his daughter into slavery?
- Does Exodus 12:43-49 mean that a stranger in the land must become a covenant member before he or she can be treated equally under the law?
- Does the law in Exodus 21:22-25, where men cause an unborn child to be born prematurely, show that abortion is not murder?
- Does the restitution payment for killing a slave in Exod. 21:32 show that slaves had less protection than free persons under Biblical Law?
- Doesn't Lev. 27:6 show that God places no value on the lives of unborn children?
- Is the premarital unchastity case of Deut. 22:13 an example of the justice system assuming guilt until a defendant proves her innocence?