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Verse Exodus 21:32. _THIRTY SHEKELS_] Each worth about three
shillings English; see Genesis 20:16. So, counting the shekel at its
_utmost_ value, the life of a slave was valued at _four pounds ten_
_...
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The animal was slain as a tribute to the sanctity of human life
(Compare the marginal references and Genesis 4:11). It was stoned, and
its flesh was treated as carrion. Guilty negligence on the part o...
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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 21:28 E. DAMAGES BY OR TO CATTLE. An ox goring anyone to death
must be stoned, and might not be eaten, as tainted with blood-guilt
(Exodus 21:28). In ancient Greece and elsewhere, and even in m...
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If the ox killed a slave, however, it was sufficient if its owner paid
his master as compensation the ordinary value of a slave, and suffered
at the same time the loss of his animal's services. Anothe...
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Bodily injuries due to animals, or neglect of reasonable precautions....
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Injury done by a vicious ox to a free man or woman. Cf Ḥamm. §§
250 2....
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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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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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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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_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 s...
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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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The silver shekel was in value a little more than half-a-crown. The
ordinary price of a slave, therefore, was about £3 10s.: cp.
Zechariah 11:12; Matthew 26:15. From the latter passage it will be
seen...
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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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(28-32) Injuries to the person might arise either from man or from
animals. Protection from both was needed. The law given to Noah
(Genesis 9:5) had already laid it down that whenever a beast killed a...
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אִם ־עֶ֛בֶד יִגַּ֥ח הַ שֹּׁ֖ור אֹ֣ו
אָמָ֑ה
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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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If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto
their master thirty (x) shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
(x) Read (Genesis 23:15)....
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_Bond man, &c., of any of those uncircumcised nations, (Jonathan) whom
it was lawful to put to death; and hence their life was esteemed of
less value. (Haydock) --- Sicles. Septuagint, "didrachmas." T...
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Observe, from those laws, how offensive in the sight of God
blood-shedding is, even when committed by the unconscious brute, as
well as by rational creatures....
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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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32._If the ox shall push a man-servant_. It is not unreasonable that
the punishment for the death of a slave should now be set at less than
for that of a free-man. As regarded the crime of voluntary m...
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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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IF THE OX SHALL PUSH A MANSERVANT, OR A MAIDSERVANT,.... Which the
Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi interpret of a Canaanitish servant, man
or maid; but no doubt the same provision was made for an Hebrew...
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_If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give
unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be
stoned._
Ver. 32. _Thirty shekels._] This same was that "goodly pric...
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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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If the ox shall push a manservant or a maid-servant, the injury
resulting in death, he, the owner of the vicious brute, SHALL GIVE
UNTO THEIR MASTER THIRTY SHEKELS OF SILVER, probably the usual market...
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ORDINANCES FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY...
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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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_ The half the freeman's price_. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 26:5"....
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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 21:32 ox H7794 gores H5055 (H8799) male H5650 servant H519 give
H5414 (H8799) master H113 thirty...
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REGULATIONS FOR INJURIES IN CONNECTION WITH BEASTS (EXODUS 21:28).
In this section there is a very basic chiasmus:
a Punishment for the goring of a man or woman (Exodus 21:28).
b Punishment in respe...
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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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_If an ox gore._
GOD’S REGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF MAN AND BEAST
I. God cares for the safety of man.
1. If an ox injured a man for the first time, the life of the ox only
was forfeited (Exodus 21:28)....
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 21:28_
GOD’S REGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF MAN AND BEAST.—_Exodus 21:28_
This is an extension of the principle maintained in the preceding
section,—the sanctity...
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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...