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You are dodging. I'm not interested in commentary. Is this the word of God?

Exodus 20:20-21 is the word of God.

The Literal translation of the verse is more like this:

`And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand--he is certainly avenged; only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he is his money. (Exo 21:20-21 YLT)

Do you believe any of the Bible? If so, on what authority do you pick and choose verses that you believe are not the Inspired Word of God?

Is your Moral sense better than that of the God of Moses?

Do you believe in the God of Moses?

The Literal translation of the verse is more like this:
`And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand--he is certainly avenged; only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he is his money. (Exo 21:20-21 YLT)

First, I don't think that's the translation that has been accepted for many hundreds of years.

Second, if you accept that there can be translations that significantly change the meaning of God's 'Word', then how can you be sure the 6 day creation translation isn't an inaccurate translation?

Third, the treatment of the subject is essentially the same, only the name has changed from 'slave' to 'man-servant or his handmaid'.

It's time to look rationally at the Bible.

The Bible, especially the Old Testament, is a collection of stories that were passed down through hundreds of generations verbally before they were ever written. They, like any story passed down through the generations by memory alone are subject to chance, modification, bad memory, etc.

Next, there are many versions of the Bible. Which one is the Word of God is all claim to be but differ in so many ways?

What about the Gnostic Gospels. A few years ago, a few Kings decided they shouldn't be in the Bible, so they were thrown out. They tell many different stories than the King James version.

The "Bible and Only the Bible" crowd fails to realize that the Bible was not written by God. Men, with all our failings wrote the Bible. Even if they did their very best, there is certain to be discrepancies in tales that were passed down verbally for centuries.

Take a look at how, even with the ability to record events as they happen, how much all history is subject to revisionism.

Even today, we have false prophets and money-grubbing TV evangelists claiming they can find something in the Bible that supports their actions.

The problem with inaccuracies and contradictions in the Bible is not God. The problem, as always, is Man.