Servitude Is the Way Out of Trouble

Servitude was God's way of dealing with crimes that were not worthy of death. God did not order the building of jails or prisons because He had a better plan. Included in these judgments was God's provision for the protection of the women. If a man wanted a wife he did not obtain her without a cost. When she became his he was responsible for her from then on and was bound by God's law not to mistreat or neglect her. God is right in all his ways.