YEBO, kodwa hhayi njalo. Cabanga ngalesi sibonelo. UDuteronomi 24:14, 15 uthi: “Akumelwe uphambe isisebenzi esisenkathazweni nesimpofu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi singomunye wabafowenu noma wabafokazi abaphakathi kwenu abasezweni lakini, . . . ukuze singakhali ngawe kuJehova, kube yisono kuwe.”

Kuye kwatholwa umbhalo wasendulo eduze kwase-Ashdod onesicelo secala elinjalo elaqulwa ekhulwini lesikhombisa B.C.E. Kungenzeka sabhalelwa umuntu owayesebenza emasimini okungenzeka akakwazanga ukuletha okusanhlamvu okwakulindelekile, le ncwadi ebhalwe ocezwini lobumba ithi: “Ngemva kokuba inceku yakho [ummangaleli] iqedile ukufaka okusanhlamvu ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezidlule, uHoshayahu indodana kaShobay wafika wathatha ingubo yenceku yakho. . . . Bonke abantu engisebenza nabo emasimini bangangifakazela . . . ukuthi konke engikushilo kuyiqiniso. Ngimsulwa ecaleni engibekwe lona. . . . Uma umbusi engakubheki njengomsebenzi wakhe ukusiza inceku yakho ithole ingubo yayo, ngicela ukwenze ngenxa yozwela! Akumelwe uthule kuyilapho inceku yakho ingenayo ingubo.”

Isazi mlando uSimon Schama sithi lesi sicelo “asiyona nje indaba yomuntu osebenzayo ofuna [ingubo yakhe]. Isitshela ukuthi lo muntu ocelayo wayazi okuthile ngomthetho weBhayibheli, ikakhulukazi lokho okushiwo uLevitikusi noDuteronomi ngokuphathelene nokuphathwa kabi kwabantu abahluphekayo.”