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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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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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If, however, the owner of the animal had been warned that it was
vicious, and had taken no precautions to keep it in, he is held
responsible, if it kills any one, and must suffer the penalty of death...
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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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In this case the owner is morally responsible and is liable to be put
to death. The death penalty may, however, be commuted by a fine, the
amount of which would be fixed by the relatives of the person...
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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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HIS OWNER ALSO SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH. — It seems clear that under
this law the representatives of the slain person might have exacted
life for life; but probably they would in almost all cases have be...
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וְ אִ֡ם שֹׁור֩ נַגָּ֨ח ה֜וּא מִ
תְּמֹ֣ל
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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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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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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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BUT IF THE OX WERE WONT TO PUSH WITH HIS HORNS IN TIME PAST,.... Or
"from or before yesterday, to the third" m that is, three days before,
and had made three pushes, as Jarchi explains it:
AND IT HAT...
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But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it
hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but
that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and...
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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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But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it
hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, if the
owner was fully aware that the ox was in the habit of attacking...
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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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IT HATH BEEN TESTIFIED, which the Jews say was to be done thrice, and
before the magistrate. A MAN OR A WOMAN, to wit, an Israelite, or a
stranger who is free, by comparing this with EXODUS 21:32....
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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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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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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 21:28 When an animal gores and kills a person,
it SHALL BE STONED, for human life is holy to the Lord (see also
Exodus 19:12)....
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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...
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his owner also Deuteronomy 21:1...
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Why was capital punishment commuted in the case of some murders?
PROBLEM: Numbers 35:31 commands that “you shall take no ransom for
the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely b...