Day 39: Slavery in the Old Testament (2026)

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🗓️ 8 February 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Fr. Mike gives us the historical context around the commandments on slavery to help us better grasp the concept of slavery in the Old Testament. Today we read from Exodus 21, Leviticus 14, and Psalm 75.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a year podcast, where we
0:08.0	encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast
0:12.4	is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way
0:17.6	from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today.
0:23.6	This is day 39.
0:25.4	Let's keep on moving right along.
0:27.6	We'll be reading from Exodus today, Chapter 21, just one chapter in Exodus, also one
0:31.8	chapter in Leviticus, chapter 14.
0:34.2	So Exodus 21, Leviticus 14, and then we'll be praying Psalm 75. As always, I'm reading from the revised standard version, Catholic edition, and I'm using the Great Adventure of Bible from Ascension, which is awesome. You can get it at ascensionpress.com or at Amazon.com, because that seems to have taken over the entire world. Is that a commentary? I don't know. It's just the truth. You can also download your Bible in a year reading plan by going to ascensionpress.com
0:57.2	slash Bible in a year.
0:58.9	If you haven't yet, I invite you to subscribe to this podcast in whatever app you are listening
1:03.7	to this podcast.
1:05.0	Once again, today we'll be reading Exodus chapter 21, Leviticus chapter 14 in Psalm 75.
1:13.6	Exodus chapter 21.
1:15.6	Now, these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
1:19.6	When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
1:26.6	If he comes in single, he shall go out single. If he If he comes in single, he shall go out single.
1:29.2	If he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master gives him a wife,
1:34.5	and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out
1:39.5	alone. But if the slave plainly says, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go out free.
1:47.3	Then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost,
1:51.9	and his master shall bore his ear through with an all, and he shall serve him for life.
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