"If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish."
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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 g...
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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...
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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 HE TAKE HIM ANOTHER WIFE; HER FOOD, HER RAIMENT, AND HER DUTY OF
MARRIAGE, SHALL HE NOT DIMINISH._
If he take him another (wife) х_ YIQACH_ (H3947)] - take; i:e.,
marry (Judges 14:2). Since there...
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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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IF HE TAKE HIM ANOTHER WIFE. — Polygamy is viewed as lawful in this
passage, as elsewhere generally in the Mosaic Law, which did not
venture to forbid, though to some extent discouraging it. The
legis...
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אִם ־אַחֶ֖רֶת יִֽקַּֽח ־לֹ֑ו
שְׁאֵרָ֛הּ כְּסוּתָ֥הּ וְ עֹנָתָ֖הּ
לֹ֥א יִגְרָֽע׃...
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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...
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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 he take (i) him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty
of marriage, shall he not diminish.
(i) For his son....
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_Marriage. This seems to insinuate that she was divorced: but the best
commentators suppose, that the introduction of the second wife was not
to infringe the rights of the first. Hebrew, "he shall not...
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Here again, beside the moral lesson taught of doing what is just and
right, here is a spiritual intimation of the betrothing of the heart
to the Lord intended from it. The humblest of the Lord's freem...
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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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IF HE TAKE HIM ANOTHER WIFE,.... The father takes another wife for his
son, or the son takes another wife to himself after he has betrothed
and married his father's maidservant:
HER FOOD, HER RAIMENT...
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If he take him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of
marriage, shall he not diminish.
Ver. 10. _Her duty of marriage._] See 1 Corinthians 7:5, _See Trapp on
"_ 1Co 7:5 _"_...
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_After the manner of daughters_ He shall give her a convenient
portion, as he doth to his own daughters. _Duty of marriage_ Termed
_due benevolence, 1 Corinthians 7:3_: or, _her dwelling_, as the word...
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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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PRECEPTS REGULATING THE MASTER'S RELATION TO SLAVES...
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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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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
o...
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_ Her duty of marriage is called due benevolence_, 1 CORINTHIANS 7:3.
Or, _her dwelling_, as the word is oft used. So here are the three
great conveniences of life, food, and raiment, and habitation,...
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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 21:10 takes H3947 (H8799) another H312 diminish H1639 (H8799)
food H7607 clothing H3682 rights H5772
her food - 1 Corinthians 7:1-6...
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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 a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant._
DEGRADED CONDITION OF GIRLS IN AFRICA
The condition of girls in Africa is thus described by a missionary:
“A father looks upon his girl as being of t...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 21:7. Not as the men-servants] From Deuteronomy 15:17,
‘Kalisch infers that in this place foreign female servants are
intended, whereas in that place Hebrew domestics are mean...
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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 (Exodus 21:2);
2. Murder and oth...
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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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her food. Sheairah, 'her flesh;' he shall not only afford her 1
Corinthians 7:1...