TSK · Leviticus 25:43

But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

The Call of the Deliverer During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.

And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them.

No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

He must be with the one who bought him like a yearly hired worker. The one who bought him must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

And now you are planning to enslave the people of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?

then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

They lament,‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.

“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.