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Set your slave to work, and you will find rest; leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.
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Yoke and thong will bow the neck, and for a wicked servant there are racks and tortures.
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Put him to work, that he may not be idle, for idleness teaches much evil.
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Set him to work, as is fitting for him, and if he does not obey, make his fetters heavy.
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Do not act immoderately toward anybody, and do nothing without discretion.
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If you have a servant, let him be as yourself, because you have bought him with blood.
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If you have a servant, treat him as a brother, for as your own soul you will need him. If you ill-treat him, and he leaves and runs away, which way will you go to seek him?