...to be merciful to your servants.' There's an example for us, though not a commandment, in the words, 'that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.' But I didn't mean to be beguiled into preaching. Well, good-bye! But you will remember, won't you,...

...maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee...

...to the sabbath rights of servants ; — a matter on which the ancient law was remarkably explicit. "That thy manservant, and thy maidservant, may rest as well as thou," Deut. v. 14, was the considerate and gracious provision of Him who spake " in the mount, out of the...

...unnecessary labor on the Sabbath, connects with the fourth commandment, in one place, these words, "that thy man-servant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou." God provides also for the rest of our beasts; the noble horse, the patient ox, and every beast of laborer...

...appointment is evident, for the commandment to observe the day is enforced by this touching consideration ; " That thy man-servant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou," Deut. v. 14. Deprived of the rest of the sabbath the physical powers of the poor man would soon be...

...and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it. Dt. 5. 14. That thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. 581. Is the primitive seventh-day sabbath recognized in the Decalogue ? Ex. 20. 8. Remember the sabbath-day...

...have had an especial reference to the slave. Deut. v. 14, 15, after repeating the law, it is added, " that thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, may rest as well as thou." The relation is also recognized in the laws for the Jewish Priesthood. Lev. xxii. 11. 'But if the priest...

...nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant" and it is added in Dent. where the commandment is repeated, that " thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou." They also had access to, and participated in all the Jewish festivals. They had therefore many seasons...

...maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. 15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee...

...recalled to the minds of the Israelites with the addition of a subsidiary motive for obeying it, " That thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou." But the historical fact recorded in the Book of Exodus remains (chap. xx. 11, compared with xxxi. 17...