_NOW THESE ARE THE JUDGMENTS WHICH THOU SHALT SET BEFORE THEM._
Now these are the judgments, х_ HAMISHPAATIYM_ (H4941)] - the
statutes, ordinances; Septuagint, ta dikaioomata, ordinances (cf.
Hebrews 9:1, where that word is used); rules instituted for regulating
the procedure of judges and magistra... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF THOU BUY AN HEBREW SERVANT, SIX YEARS HE SHALL SERVE: AND IN THE
SEVENTH HE SHALL GO OUT FREE FOR NOTHING._
If thou buy an Hebrew servant. Though slavery was recognized in
Israel, and the mention of purchase-money here seems to point to the
procuring of a slave, it must not be imagined that Heb... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF HE CAME IN BY HIMSELF, HE SHALL GO OUT BY HIMSELF: IF HE WERE
MARRIED, THEN HIS WIFE SHALL GO OUT WITH HIM._
If he came in by himself, х_ BªGAPOW_ (H1610)] - with his body
[Septuagint, monos].
IF HE WERE MARRIED, THEN HIS WIFE SHALL GO OUT WITH HIM - i:e., his
wife, if she had voluntarily sha... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF HIS MASTER HAVE GIVEN HIM A WIFE, AND SHE HAVE BORN HIM SONS OR
DAUGHTERS; THE WIFE AND HER CHILDREN SHALL BE HER MASTER'S, AND HE
SHALL GO OUT BY HIMSELF._
If his master have given him a wife - should he have married a female
slave-not a Hebrew maid, as Salvador assumes ('Institutions de
Moise... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF THE SERVANT SHALL PLAINLY SAY, I LOVE MY MASTER, MY WIFE, AND
MY CHILDREN; I WILL NOT GO OUT FREE:_
If the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my
children. It might be that through attachment to his family, the
Hebrew servant, resolving to forfeit his personal privileg... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN HIS MASTER SHALL BRING HIM UNTO THE JUDGES; HE SHALL ALSO BRING
HIM TO THE DOOR, OR UNTO THE DOOR POST; AND HIS MASTER SHALL BORE HIS
EAR THROUGH WITH AN AUL; AND HE SHALL SERVE HIM FOR EVER._
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges, х_ 'EL_ (H413) _
HAA-'ªLOHIYM_ (H430)] - gods, a na... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A MAN SELL HIS DAUGHTER TO BE A MAIDSERVANT, SHE SHALL NOT GO
OUT AS THE MENSERVANTS DO._
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant. Although it is
not expressly said, it may be presumed, for the reasons stated on
Exodus 21:1., that this man was a Hebrew father, who having, from s... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF SHE PLEASE NOT HER MASTER, WHO HATH BETROTHED HER TO HIMSELF, THEN
SHALL HE LET HER BE REDEEMED: TO SELL HER UNTO A STRANGE NATION HE
SHALL HAVE NO POWER, SEEING HE HATH DEALT DECEITFULLY WITH HER._
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself. This
is the first contingency -... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF HE HAVE BETROTHED HER UNTO HIS SON, HE SHALL DEAL WITH HER
AFTER THE MANNER OF DAUGHTERS._
And if he hath betrothed her unto his son. This is the second supposed
contingency. Women among the Hebrews, as in the East generally, were
disposed of in marriage without their personal wishes or fee... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF HE TAKE HIM ANOTHER WIFE; HER FOOD, HER RAIMENT, AND HER DUTY OF
MARRIAGE, SHALL HE NOT DIMINISH._
If he take him another (wife) х_ YIQACH_ (H3947)] - take; i:e.,
marry (Judges 14:2). Since there is no indication of a change of
subject, it must be considered that the father is meant as 'taking... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF HE DO NOT THESE THREE UNTO HER, THEN SHALL SHE GO OUT FREE
WITHOUT MONEY._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE THAT SMITETH A MAN, SO THAT HE DIE, SHALL BE SURELY PUT TO DEATH._
He that smiteth a man so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
The preceding acts for protecting the rights and privileges of the
poor and dependent are here succeeded by an enumeration of laws
respecting the punishment of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT SMITETH HIS FATHER, OR HIS MOTHER, SHALL BE SURELY PUT TO
DEATH._
He that smiteth his father or his mother, х_ 'AABIYW_ (H1) _
Wª'IMOW_ (H517) - his father and his mother. The 'and' is to be
rendered distributively, 'or']. Smiting or cursing a parent are
declared capital offences, beca... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT STEALETH A MAN, AND SELLETH HIM, OR IF HE BE FOUND IN HIS
HAND, HE SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH._
Man - stealing to sell into slavery. These three crimes are mentioned
afterward with additional circumstances of aggravation (see the notes
at Deuteronomy 21:18; Deuteronomy 24:7).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT CURSETH HIS FATHER, OR HIS MOTHER, SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO
DEATH._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF MEN STRIVE TOGETHER, AND ONE SMITE ANOTHER WITH A STONE, OR
WITH HIS FIST, AND HE DIE NOT, BUT KEEPETH HIS BED:_
If men strive together ... Should a quarrel arise between two or more
individuals, and a scuffle ensue, in which one of the party may
receive such serious injuries as to disable... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A MAN SMITE HIS SERVANT, OR HIS MAID, WITH A ROD, AND HE DIE
UNDER HIS HAND; HE SHALL BE SURELY PUNISHED._
If a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die ...
х_ BASHEEBET_ (H7626)] - with the rod. Among the Israelites, as among
all other people where slavery existed, the ow... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOTWITHSTANDING, IF HE CONTINUE A DAY OR TWO, HE SHALL NOT BE
PUNISHED: FOR HE IS HIS MONEY._
Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished
- i:e., if the slave should continue in life for some time after the
chastisement, it would be sufficiently evident that the master h... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF MEN STRIVE, AND HURT A WOMAN WITH CHILD, SO THAT HER FRUIT DEPART
FROM HER, AND YET NO MISCHIEF FOLLOW: HE SHALL BE SURELY PUNISHED,
ACCORDING AS THE WOMAN'S HUSBAND WILL LAY UPON HIM; AND HE SHALL PAY
AS THE JUDGES DETERMINE._
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child. This is a casualty that... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF ANY MISCHIEF FOLLOW, THEN THOU SHALT GIVE LIFE FOR LIFE,_ NO
JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH, HAND FOR HAND, FOOT FOR FOOT,_
Eye for eye. The law which authorized retaliation-a principle acted
upon by all primitive people-was a civil one. It was given to regulate
the procedure of the public magistrate in determining the amount of
compensation in every case of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A MAN SMITE THE EYE OF HIS SERVANT, OR THE EYE OF HIS MAID,
THAT IT PERISH; HE SHALL LET HIM GO FREE FOR HIS EYE'S SAKE._
If a man smite the eye of his servant ... he shall let him go free ...
It may be inferred from the general equity of these laws that this
provision was not confined, as... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF AN OX GORE A MAN OR A WOMAN, THAT THEY DIE: THEN THE OX SHALL BE
SURELY STONED, AND HIS FLESH SHALL NOT BE EATEN; BUT THE OWNER OF THE
OX SHALL BE QUIT._
If an ox gore a man. For the purpose of sanctifying human blood, and
representing all injuries affecting life in a serious light, an animal
t... [ Continue Reading ]