Chapter 21 1-6. Care of the Interests of Servants—The Lord desired to guard the interests of servants. He commanded the Israelites to be merciful, and to bear in mind that they themselves had been servants. They were directed to be mindful of the rights of their servants. In no case were they to abuse them. In dealing with them they were not to be exacting, as the Egyptian taskmasters had been with them. They were to exercise tenderness and compassion in the treatment of their servants. God desired them to put themselves in the place of the servants, and deal with them as they would wish others to deal with them under the same circumstances.{1BC 1106.5}

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1-6. Omsorg for tjenernes interesser. - Herren ønsker at vogte tjenernes interesser. Han befalede israelitterne at være nådige og have i sinde at de selv har været tjenere. De blev anvist at være bevidst om deres tjeners rettigheder. De skulle under ingen omstændigheder mishandle dem. I deres omgang med dem, skulle de ikke være nøjeregnende, ligesom de ægyptiske arbejdsgivere var med dem. De skulle udvise ømhed og medfølelse i behandlingen af deres tjenere. Gud ønskede at de skulle sætte sig selv i stedet for tjener, og behandle dem som de ønskede andre skulle behandle dem, under samme forhold.