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Verse Exodus 21:24. _EYE FOR EYE_] This is the earliest account we
have of the _lex talionis_, or law of _like for like_, which
afterwards prevailed among the Greeks and Romans. Among the latter, it...
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The rule would seem to refer to a case in which the wife of a man
interfered in a quarrel. This law, “the jus talionis,” is
elsewhere repeated in substance, compare the marginal references. and
Genesi...
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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 21:18 E. INJURIES. If one man injures another in a quarrel
(Exodus 21:18), he must, on the recovery of the other, compensate him
for the loss of time and pay his doctor's bill (Exodus 21:19). H...
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EYE FOR EYE, &c. _Lex talionis,_ eight particulars for completeness
(App-10), seven in separate category (verses: Exodus 21:24; Exodus
21:26). These laws made prisons unnecessary, and prevented crime....
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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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Bodily injuries caused by human beings. Four cases are taken, two
arising out of a quarrel, and two out of rough treatment of a slave
(_vv._22 25 would more naturally follow _vv._18, 19). In fixing th...
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Bodily injuries, caused (_a_) by human beings, _vv._18 27; (_b_) by
animals, or through the neglect of reasonable precautions, _vv._28 36....
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The _Lex Talionis_. But _if any mischief_ HAPPEN, then compensation is
to be made on the principle of the _lex talionis. Vv._23 25 are,
however, worded quite generally, and mention many injuries not a...
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EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH, &C.— See Leviticus 24:20....
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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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_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 regulat...
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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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(22-25) A personal injury peculiar to women — a hurt producing
miscarriage — is here considered. The miscarriage might cost the
woman her life, in which case the man who caused it was to suffer
death...
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עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת
שֵׁ֑ן יָ֚
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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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(r) Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
(r) The execution of this law only belonged to the magistrate,
(Matthew 5:38)....
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Eye. "This law tended to restrain, not to encourage, fury and
revenge." (St. Augustine, contra Faust. xix. 25.) Some explain it, as
if a sum of money could only be required, equivalent to the ransom o...
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The gospel sums up these things in a comprehensive manner. Colossians
3:25. And our dear Lord folds up the sense of those relative duties,
in his unequalled language, Matthew 5:38....
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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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EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH, HAND FOR HAND, FOOT FOR FOOT. This is
"lex talionis", the law of retaliation, and from whence the Heathens
had theirs; but whether this is to be taken strictly and litera...
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_Eye for eye_, &c. This is termed _the law of retaliation;_ and from
hence heathen lawgivers took it, and put it among their other laws. It
seems probable, that it was not necessary always to take it...
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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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eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,...
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CONCERNING MURDER AND BODILY INJURIES...
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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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22-36 The cases here mentioned give rules of justice then, and still
in use, for deciding similar matters. We are taught by these laws,
that we must be very careful to do no wrong, either directly or...
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This is called the law of retaliation, and from hence the heathen
lawgivers took it and put it into their laws. But though this might
sometimes be practised in the letter, yet it was not necessarily t...
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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 21:24 eye H5869 eye H5869 tooth H8127 tooth H8127 hand H3027
hand H3027 foot H7272 foot H7272...
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REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE CAUSING OF INJURY (EXODUS 21:22).
This may be analysed as follows:
a Where a pregnant woman loses her child in a fight but the woman is
not brought close to death (no misc...
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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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EYE FOR EYE
(Leviticus 24:20); (Deuteronomy 19:21); (Matthew 5:38); (1 Peter
2:19). The provision in Exodus is
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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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_Life for life._
THE CRIMINAL LAW: WAS IT WRITTEN IN BLOOD
The only sense in which retaliation was authorized was as a maxim of
law, which helped to fix the measure of punishment for crime. It was
th...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 21:22 These verses are difficult to interpret.
The esv offers a traditional understanding in the text and an
alternative view in the footnote. Interpreters agree that the passage...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 21:23 Compensation for a life taken or harmed
shall be LIFE FOR LIFE, EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH... STRIPE FOR
STRIPE (see also Leviticus 2
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 21:11_
GOD’S DISAPPROBATION OF BRUTE FORCE.—_Exodus 21:22_
I. One of the great underlying principles and fundamental axioms of
the Mosaic legislation was t...
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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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This is the earliest account we have of the Lex Talionis, law Exodus
21:26 Exodus 21:27 Leviticus 24:19 Leviticus 24:20...
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Eye for eye — The execution of this law is not put into the hands of
private persons, as if every man might avenge himself, which would
introduce universal confusion. The tradition of the elders seems...