Originally Posted By: JM
...the Lord never said that Israel had a right to enslave others. If He did, please tell me what book and verse it appears.


The Lord speaks to Moses in the Book of Leviticus:

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Leviticus 25:44-46

44 As for your male and female slaves whom you may have--you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.

45 Then, too, it is out of the sons of the sojourners who live as aliens among you that you may gain acquisition, and out of their families who are with you, whom they will have produced in your land; they also may become your possession.

46 You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

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