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Podcast Introduction Our reading today is  Exodus 21-24, and I’m calling the episode “The Best Laid Plans." Comments on Exodus 21-24 In Exodus 21, the Lord had quite a lot to say about how to treat a slave. Many people over the years have misunderstood God's attitude toward slavery, especially in the light of the modern concept of slavery as it relates to United States history. I talked about this on episode 77 of the 2020-2021 season of the Lifespring Family Audio Bible, and I’ll link to it on the show notes page https://lifespringmedia.com/family-bible/lsfab0077-1-corinthians-7-8/. If you haven't heard that episode, I very much recommend you listen to it. Since I did address the topic of slavery there, I am not going to discuss it today, other than to say that in Exodus 21, it is obvious that God did not allow any mistreatment of slaves. The balance of chapter 21, all of chapter 22, and the first part of chapter 23 are laws governing how the people are to deal with one another. The laws given ar