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#30 Joshua Bowen - How the Bible Supports Slavery

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The Slavery Bible

There seems to be at least some suggestion here that there is some indication in the Bible that slavery isn't completely fine. If slaves are, essentially, the private property of other individuals, why would God not command here that the slaves be returned? So let me say one quick thing about the slave Bible that I think is important to recognize here. And again, I haven't studied it. But as I understand it, the passages that are taken out are not excised. It's that Exodus story, these narratives, these large sections of the text are removed.

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