"Now these are the rules that you shall set before them" might be seen in the context of the then-current um state of mind, zeitgeist maybe, of human's thinking surrounding slavery; iow men got rules to marry multiple wives too, but God does not condone that either, and they got the rules (which might be read as tacit permission) bc of their "hardness of heart," if I remem right.
Also "if the slave lives one or two days," iow not to the third day is um whispering something to me, dunno what yet though.
Also, kind of a corollary of that prolly, seekers are told that they must "die" to live, but literal dying is not what is meant there either prolly, as living sacrifice is I think invoked in the same passage.
For vinnie, you put God in the position of literally judging over us with your perspective imo, in a way that maybe violates What you bless will be blessed what you curse will be cursed, although that and God is not our judge are NT I guess, so literalists will point out that God supposedly was their judge...which I could only argue there that obv the theocracy failed so not really.
Iow since God does not change then what they blessed would be blessed too, even then, meaning that if human society in general allowed slavery then, that maybe changes the way now these are the rules you shall set before them is understood? Crap now I'm all curious as to what precedes and um follows that passage, what subject matter specifically, and I don't really have time to be curious today lol, so prolly tonight for that, but wadr "Now these are the rules you shall set before them" coming from the same um source as "I came to abolish all rules and authority and powers" paraphrased is just reiterating to me that you are kind of playing wise here, and some wisdom is hidden?
Iow you might even just assume that God is "evil" for now, ok, God is ok with that I think, believe it or not, and if that allows one to see past the literal to the wisdom, for instance the passage might even be read with a sense of horror, which might be the point? "Let's blithely set out some rules for this most heinous of human institutions, and reduce people to money and everything, as a mirror" maybe?