SERVANT
Laws of Moses concerning
Kidnapping forbidden
Fugitive, not to be returned to his master
David erroneously supposed to be a fugitive slave
Hagar, commanded by an angel to return to Sarah (Sarai), her owner
Sought by Shimei
Onesimus interceded for, by Paul
Rights of those born to a master
Bought and sold
Captives of war became slaves
Captive bondservants shared by priests and Levites
Thieves punished by being made
Defaulting debtors made
Children of defaulting debtors sold as
Voluntary servitude of
Given as dowry
Owned by priests
Slaves owned slaves
The master could marry, or give in marriage
Taken in concubinage
Used as soldiers by Abraham
Must be circumcised
Must enjoy religious privileges with the master’ s household
Must have rest on the sabbath
Equal status of, with other disciples of Jesus
Kindness to, commanded
Bond service threatened, as a national punishment, for the disobedience of Israel
Degrading influences of bondage exemplified by cowardice
Emancipation of
Freedmen called “Libertines,”
The Israelites
An abandoned sick man
By the Roman centurion
By Paul
Joseph
Israelites
Gibeonites
Canaanites
The Jews in Babylon
FIGURATIVE
Elisha
Of Abraham
Of Boaz
Of Jonathan
Of Abigail
Of David
Of Ziba
Of Naaman
Of Nehemiah
Of the Roman centurion
Of Cornelius
Onesimus
Servants in the parable of the pounds and the parable of the talents
Jeroboam
Gehazi
Zimri
Of Abraham and Lot
Of Abimelech
Of Absalom
Of Shimei
Of Joash
Of Amon
Of Job
In the parable of the talents and the parable of the pounds
In the parable of the vineyard
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Jacob
Re-employed
The laborers of a vineyard
The father of the prodigal son
The rebellious son
Treatment of, more considerate than that of slaves
Await employment in the marketplace
In kind
In money