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Verse Exodus 21:14. _THOU SHALT TAKE HIM FROM MINE ALTAR_] Before the
cities of refuge were assigned, the altar of God was the common
_asylum_....
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There was no place of safety for the guilty murderer, not even the
altar of Yahweh. Thus all superstitious notions connected with the
right of sanctuary were excluded. Adonijah and Joab 1 Kings 1:50;...
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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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GUILE... THOU. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6); between these two
words, supply: "and then seek refuge. Mine altar"....
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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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But the protection of the altar is not to be extended to the wilful
murderer. Cf. Deuteronomy 19:11-13; also the more detailed treatment
of the case of wilful murder in the law of P (Numbers 35:16-21)...
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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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THOU SHALT TAKE HIM FROM MINE ALTAR— God is a God of justice, and
will never suffer his sanctuary to screen and protect the guilty. See
Deuteronomy 19:11. 1 Kings 2:28; 1 Kings 2:46....
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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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_HE THAT SMITETH A MAN, SO THAT HE DIE, SHALL BE SURELY PUT TO DEATH._
He that smiteth a man so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
The preceding acts for protecting the rights and privileges...
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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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FROM MINE ALTAR] The altar seems to have been the place of refuge at
first: see 1 Kings 1:50; 1 Kings 2:28....
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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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(12-14) HE THAT SMITETH A MAN, SO THAT HE DIE. — Homicide had been
broadly and generally forbidden in the sixth commandment. But
something more was necessary. Laws are for the most part inoperative
un...
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IF A MAN COME PRESUMPTUOUSLY. — Rather, _if a man come maliciously,_
or _with premeditation._ (Vulg., _de industria._)
THOU SHALT TAKE HIM FROM MINE ALTAR. — Comp. 1 Kings 2:28. In most
parts of the a...
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וְ כִֽי ־יָזִ֥ד אִ֛ישׁ עַל ־רֵעֵ֖הוּ
לְ
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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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_Altar, if he should flee thither for safety. No asylum was allowed to
such murderers. Thus Joab was slain by Solomon, 3 Kings ii. 31.
(Menochius)_...
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In these verses here is a distinction made between willful murder and
unintentional manslaughter. Genesis 9:6....
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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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14._But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor_. He expresses
the same thing in different ways; for although there is a wide
difference between slaying a man presumptuously (32) and with guile...
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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 A MAN COME PRESUMPTUOUSLY UPON HIS NEIGHBOUR, TO SLAY HIM WITH
GUILE,.... That comes with malice in his heart, with wrath in his
countenance, in a bold, daring, hostile manner, using all the ar...
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But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with
guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
Ver. 14. _Thou shalt take him, &c._] "A man that doeth violence to
t...
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_If a man come presumptuously_ Do this boldly, purposely, and
maliciously; for so the word signifies, thou shalt take him from mine
altar. God so abhors murder that he will rather venture the pollutio...
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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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CONCERNING MURDER AND BODILY INJURIES...
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But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with
guile, if he has deliberately planned the crime and carried it out in
cold blood, THOU SHALT TAKE HIM FROM MINE ALTAR THAT HE MAY D...
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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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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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IF A MAN COME PRESUMPTUOUSLY, i.e. do this proudly, boldly, purposely,
and maliciously; for so the word signifies. FROM MINE ALTAR, which not
only in the wilderness, but afterward, seems to have been...
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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 21:14 man H376 premeditation H2102 (H8686) neighbor H7453 kill
H2026 (H8800) treachery H6195 take H3947 ...
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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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_Shall be surely put to death._
CASES OF HOMICIDE
I. Homicide in effect. “He that hateth his brother is a murderer.”
Anger in the heart gives unconscious malicious power to the will. The
man is resp...
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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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presumptuously Numbers 15:30 Numbers 15:31 Deuteronomy 1:43
Deuteronomy 17:12...