Chapter and verse please because Exodus
21:20-21 only says:
20 If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished. 21If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for he is his property.
Not a thing about not injuring. And all a slave owner has to worry about is if his punished slave can hold out dying from his punishment for "a day or two." AND, all this is just fine with god!
It is moral to beat your slave, just make sure he doesn't die right away.
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Exodus 21
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18“If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist
d and the victim does not die but is confined to bed,
19the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff;
however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.
And
"26“An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. 27And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth."
In other words the slave owner if he injurs the slave, he MUST let the slave go free BEFORE the 6 year contract is over. He must also make sure he is healed.
THAT is a punishment to the slave owner.
In otherwords, he is not alowed to injure his slave.
I think it is clear here.
Also God says in 15
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12If any of your people—Hebrew men or women—sell themselves to you and serve you six years, in the seventh year you must let them go free.
13And
when you release them, do not send them away empty-handed. 14Supply them liberally from your flock, your threshing floor and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you.15Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this command today.
In otherwords be kind to your slaves.
The right of the slave owner to lightly beat or punish his slave for breaking a contract, that is merely a right he had. A right is not a command. God does not say beat them or not beat them. He says if you exercise that right, you must not injure. If you do, youl be punished.