A troubling topic in Deuteronomy is slavery. The allowance of slavery in the Old Testament generates a great deal of debate, and we cannot resolve all the issues here. We should not, however, equate Israelite slavery with slavery in the modern era, including slavery in the United States. The latter involved kidnapping West Africans from their homeland for sale as slaves, followed by the perpetual enslavement of their descendants.
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God...
For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers...
David again brought together out of Israel chosen men, thirty thousand in all. He and all his men set out from Baalah of Judah...
