Daughters sold as slaves

 Daughters sold as slaves

👫We have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have already been enslaved but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”

Nehemiah 5:5👫

👧🏻 Some of our  daughters have already been enslaved

Neh 5:5👧🏻

In Exodus, there are laws for giving children into slavery.

🧒🏻 Male child:

“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything“

Exodus 21:2

👧🏻 Female child : 

If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.

Exodus 21:7

A male slave will be free after seven years but there were additional rules for female slaves.

Additional rules for female slaves:

🔺If a man sell his daughter— Hebrew girls might be redeemed for a reasonable sum. 

🔺But in the event of her parents or friends being unable to pay the redemption money, her owner was not at liberty to sell her elsewhere.

🔺Should she have been betrothed to him (the owner) or his son, and either change their minds, a maintenance must be provided for her suitable to her condition as his intended wife, or her freedom instantly granted.

-Jamieson Fausset Brown commentary

 ❗️Though the parents were aware of the laws, *they chose to sell their daughters first*.

The Jews favoured the sons over their daughters. *They knew that their daughters will be subject to so many problems - physical, mental and sexual.*

🛑 But they chose to sell their daughters first. 

Today, we live in a world where discrimination between boys and girls is almost nil. But we need to be very careful to not let bad thoughts creep into our mind. May we provide equal opportunities to both the children and bring them up in the way that the Bible shows us.

🏔 Our Father is never partial

💓 We serve a Father who is always loving and never partial. 

🧒🏻He saw Hagar’s tears and provided her needs.
👶🏻He saw Hannah’s tears and gave her a child.
🧑🏻He saw the Shunammite woman’s tears and rose him up.

Ruth,Naomi, Rahab, Esther and the list goes on. We praise God for never leaving us nor forsaking us!

👧🏻For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile — the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him. 

Romans 10:12🧒🏻