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.
Ver. 4. Have given him a wife,] viz., One of his heathen handmaids, whom to part with was no great punishment, because an unlawful couple.
Verse Exodus 21:4. _THE WIFE AND HER CHILDREN SHALL BE HER MASTER'S_] It was a law among the Hebrews, that if a Hebrew had children by a Canannitish woman, those children must be considered as Canaani...
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...
EXODUS 21:2 E. THE LAWS OF SLAVERY. In the 19th cent. slaves were bought and sold as chattels in Liverpool. Here we see one of the stages towards the abolition of slavery, _i.e._ regulation, then the...
The third case. If the master marries a slave to one of his female slaves, the wife remains her master's slave as she was before, and does not go free with her husband. If she has borne him children,...
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...
Hebrew _male_slaves. Their term of service is fixed for six years (_v._2). A slave is to leave his master's service exactly as he entered it: if he entered it without a wife, he is to leave it without...
The law of slavery. Cf. Deuteronomy 15:12-18; Leviticus 25:39-55 (H and P), where there are other regulations on the same subject, in some respects differing remarkably from those of Ex., and springin...
IF HE CAME IN BY HIMSELF, &C.— That is, single, he shall so depart; if _married,_ his wife also was to depart in freedom with him. Leviticus 25:41. The case was to be different if he married while in...
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...
_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 -...
21:4 alone. (b-31) Lit. 'with his body.'...
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...
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...
If his master have given him a wife. — If, however, the Hebrew slave, being previously unmarried, had been allowed by his master to take to wife one of his female slaves, then, when the husband claime...
אִם ־אֲדֹנָיו֙ יִתֶּן ־לֹ֣ו אִשָּׁ֔ה וְ יָלְד
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...
THE LESSER LAW. Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33. With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral interest, confes...
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...
If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her (c) master's, and he shall go out by himself. (c) Till her time of servitude was e...
Is there not in this verse an allusion to the offspring of believers? See Psa_86:16; Psa_116:16....
"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...
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...
IF HIS MASTER HAVE GIVEN HIM A WIFE,.... One of his slaves, a Canaanitish woman, on purpose to beget slaves on her, since all born in his house were his own; this is supposed to be after he was come i...
_Her children shall be her master's_ Having become his in consequence of the right which he had to the parents. _He shall go out by himself_ But was not this separation of man and wife inconsistent wi...
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...
PRECEPTS REGULATING THE MASTER'S RELATION TO SLAVES...
If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters, the woman, of course, being a slave also, THE WIFE AND HER CHILDREN SHALL BE HER MASTER'S, AND HE SHALL GO OUT BY HIMSELF....
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...
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...
1-11 The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us, yet they explain the moral law, and the rules...
That being a true rule, and approved both by Scripture and by heathen authors, that the birth follows the belly, GENESIS 21:10 GALATIANS 4:24,25; and he that owns the tree hath right to all its fruit....
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...
Exodus 21:4 master H113 given H5414 (H8799) wife H802 borne H3205 (H8804) sons H1121 daughters H1323 wife...
REGULATIONS WITH REGARD TO SLAVES AND VIOLENCE TO FELLOWMEN (EXODUS 21:2). It is always difficult to appreciate the ancient mind and its working, but there is a case here for seeing a chiastic patter...
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...
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...
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...
_If thou buy an Hebrew servant._ SLAVERY AND SOVEREIGNTY These judgments of God are the declarations of human rights. I. These judgments dealt with an existing institution. The circumstances under...
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...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 21:2 WHEN YOU BUY A HEBREW SLAVE. Despite the use of “buy,” it should be clear that slaves were considered human beings rather than mere possessions, since there is no mention of...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 21:1. Judgments.] Here begins the second part of “The Book of the Covenant” (ch. Exodus 24:7), the entire contents of which seem to range themselves thus:— 1. Safeguards of wo...
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 ...
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...