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CHAPTER 21 DIFFERENT JUDGMENTS
_ 1. Master and servant (Exodus 21:1)_
2. Concerning injury to the person (Exodus 21:12)
3. Concerning property (Exodus 21:33)
The Three Chapter s which follow the gi...
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EXODUS 21:12 E. CAPITAL OFFENCES. This group, varying in form from the
main body of the Judgments, is here regarded as a part of the smaller
Book of the Covenant (p. 184). The punishment of murder was...
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CURSETH, or revileth. Compare Matthew 15:4.Mark 7:1...
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Cursing a parent. Comp. Deuteronomy 27:16; Leviticus 20:9 (H): also
Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 30:17. In the LXX. this verse stands more
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Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33
_The Book of the Covenant_
The -Book of the Covenant" (see Exodus 24:7 in explanation of the
name) is the oldest piece of Hebrew legislation that we possess. The
laws co...
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_Capital offences_. In _v._12 is laid down the general principle that
death is the punishment for killing a man. If the act is
unpre-meditated (manslaughter), the penalty is modified (_v._13), but
ret...
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THE TEXT OF EXODUS
TRANSLATION
21NOW THESE ARE THE ORDINANCES WHICH THOU SHALT SET BEFORE them.
(2) If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the
seventh he shall go out free for...
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_AND HE THAT CURSETH HIS FATHER, OR HIS MOTHER, SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO
DEATH._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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Cursing, like blessing, is always looked upon as efficacious. It is a
solemn appeal to God, who will not permit His name to be taken in
vain. He will not respond to the child who invokes His power to...
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THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (CONTINUED)
I-ii. Regulations regarding the Treatment of Hebrew Slaves.
Slavery was universal in ancient times, and the Mosaic Law does not
abolish it. Among the Hebrews, howe...
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EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES
EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 21
*HEBREW SLAVES – VERSES 1-11
V1 The *LORD continued to speak to...
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(15-17) AND HE THAT SMITETH HIS FATHER...-With homicide are conjoined
some other offences, regarded as of a heinous character, and made
punishable by death: viz. (1), striking a parent; (2) kidnapping...
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וּ מְקַלֵּ֥ל אָבִ֛יו וְ אִמֹּ֖ו מֹ֥ות
יוּמָֽת
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CHAPTER XXI.
_ THE LESSER LAW (continued)._
PART II.--RIGHTS OF THE PERSON.
Exodus 21:1.
The first words of God from Sinai had declared that He was Jehovah Who
brought them out of slavery. And in t...
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At this point we have certain laws which apply the principles of the
Decalogue to life. The first movement has to do with the laws of the
person. This begins with the relation of slaves to their maste...
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_Curseth, or speaking injuriously. The Athenians put such in prison._...
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Proverbs 20:20....
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"In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of
Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
But having thus terminated the course of grace, the scene changes
entirely. They do not keep the feast on the mountain, whither God, as
He had...
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AND HE THAT CURSETH HIS FATHER, OR HIS MOTHER,.... Though he does not
smite them with his hand, or with any instrument in it, yet if he
smites them with his tongue, reviles and reproaches them, speaks...
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And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to
death.
Ver. 17. _And he that curseth._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 21:15 _"_ _See
Trapp on "_ Mat 15:4 _"_ _a_
a _Immane verbum est ul...
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1 Lawes for men seruants.
5 For the seruant whose eare is boared.
7 For women seruants.
12 For manslaughter.
16 For stealers of men.
17 For cursers of parents.
18 For smiters.
22 For a hurt by...
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C. FIRST FORM OF THE LAW OF THE POLITICAL COMMONWEALTH
Exodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33
_a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)_
1Now these _are_ the judgments [ordinances] w...
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RESPONSIBILITIES OF MASTERS
(vs.1-11)
Moses is now given an expanded view of the law on Chapter s 21-23.
Special duties of masters are first considered. They may think they
have full authority over t...
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CURSETH:
Or, revileth...
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12-21 God, who by his providence gives and maintains life, by his law
protects it. A wilful murderer shall be taken even from God's altar.
But God provided cities of refuge to protect those whose unh...
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Or, _revileth_, to wit, wilfully, maliciously, obstinately, against
all admonition, by comparing DEUTERONOMY 21:18....
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The study of this section of our book is eminently calculated to
impress the heart with a sense d God's unsearchable wisdom and
infinite goodness. It enables one to form some idea of the character
of...
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Exodus 21:17 curses H7043 (H8764) father H1 mother H517 surely H4191
(H8800) death H4191 (H8714)
curseth
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REGULATIONS IN RESPECT OF EXTREME VIOLENCE TO ANOTHER (EXODUS 21:12).
The following regulations all deal with extreme violence towards
others. This came first in matters to do with behaviour towards...
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EXPANSION OF THE TEN WORDS OF THE COVENANT (EXODUS 20:22 TO EXODUS
23:33).
In this section, which is composed of elements put together mainly in
chiastic form (see later), Yahweh expands on the Ten W...
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CONTENTS: Laws concerning servants. Injuries to the person.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: The great God of heaven stoops to take interest in the
detail affairs between man and man and makes re...
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Exodus 21:1. _These are the judgments._ In this chapter we enter upon
the fifty seven precepts of the civil law of the Hebrew nation. They
are the laws of patriarchal society; and are here arranged an...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 21:17 Placing this rule here, with the
prescription of the death penalty, highlights the gravity of the
command to honor one’s parents (Exodus 20:12; see...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 21:1 This section contains basic guidelines
for living together as a just society and as a people set apart to the
Lord. The specific laws are not intended to be exhaustive but a...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 21:12_
CASES OF HOMICIDE
A rude state of society requires rough measures for the repression of
crime and for the preservation of social order; and in consid...
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EXPOSITION
THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.—_Continued_.
I. _Laws connected with the rights of persons_ (Exodus 21:1). The
regulations of this section concern—
1. Slavery ...
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Exodus chapter twenty-one, God said to Moses,
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them (Exodus
21:1).
Now the judgments are really for the judges. You remember they
appointed seve...
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curseth or veliteth Leviticus 20:9 Deuteronomy 27:16 Proverbs 20:20
Proverbs 30:11...