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for such a one the law is as dependable as a divine oracle.
4Prepare what to say, and then you will be listened to;
draw upon your training and give your answer.
5 was created out of the dust.
11 Fodder and a stick and burdens for a donkey;
bread and discipline and work for a slave.
26Set your slaves to work, and you will find rest;
leave their hands idle, and they will seek liberty.
27 Sir 42.5 Yoke and strap will bow the neck,
and for wicked slaves there are racks and tortures.
28Put them to work in order that they may not be idle,
29 Ezek 16.49; 2 Thess 3.11 for idleness teaches much evil.
30 Lev 25.43; Prov 29.19 Set them to work as is fitting for them,
and if they do not obey make their fetters heavy.
Do not be overbearing toward anyone,
and do nothing without deliberation.
31 Sir 7.20; Eph 6.9; Col 4.1 If you have but one slave, treat him like yourself,
because you have bought him with blood.
If you have but one slave, treat him like a brother,
for you will need him as you need your life.
32If you ill-treat him and he leaves you and runs away,
33which way will you go to seek him?
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