You are hereHomeBARSeptember/October 1994Was It an Essene Settlement? No man shall chide his manservant or maidservant or laborer on the Sabbath (Damascus Rule [CD] 11.12). [H]e shall not sell them [the Gentiles] his manservant or his maidservant (CD 12.10). Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.