Exodus 21:7 - If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to be set free, as male slaves are.Exodus 21:20 - If a slave owner takes a stick and beats his slave, whether male or female, and the slave dies on the spot, the owner is to be punished.
Exodus 21:21 But if the slave does not die for a day or two, the master is not to be punished. The loss of his property is punishment enough.
condone: to pardon or overlook voluntarily; especially : to treat as if trivial, harmless, or of no importance. It certainly is good of God to show so much tender affection for the master's property.
Please explain how the murder of a human being is excused because the murderer loses his property. Isn't that a bit like the lids who murdered their parents and were to be pitied because they were now orphans?
People like you are not interested in the truth behind scripture, you are interested only in teraring it down because you are threatened by it. But better men than you have tried – way better – and all have failed. The bible stands the test of time. Here is some background for you on the Exodus passages from commentary on it:
"The first words of God from Sinai had declared that He was Jehovah Who brought them out of slavery. And in this remarkable code, the first person whose rights are dealt with is the slave." (Chadwick)
b. There were four basic ways a Hebrew might become a slave to another Hebrew: in extreme poverty, they might sell their liberty (Leviticus 25:39); a father might sell his children into servitude (Exodus 21:7); in the case of bankruptcy, a man might become servant to his creditors (2 Kings 4:1); if a thief had nothing with which to pay proper restitution (Exodus 22:3-4)
c. In such cases, the servitude was never obligated to be life-long; the Hebrew servant would work for six years and then be set free. At the end of the six years, he only goes out with what he came in with - if the master had provided a wife (and therefore children), the wife and children had to stay with the master or be redeemed
3. (5-6) The bond-slave: a willing slave for life a. If, after the six years of servitude, a servant wished to make a life-long commitment to his master - in light of the master's goodness and his blessings for the servant - he could, through this ceremony, make a life-long commitment to his master
i. This was a commitment not motivated by debt or obligation, only love for the master
In order for you to understand these passages, you have to understand the jewish culture of the time and God’s relationship with them – which you obviously don’t. The type of “slavery” practiced by the Hebrews was not really slavery at all – it was bond servanthood. Thus, the bible is not condoning slavery, God is making rules for bondservants and masters.