"And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake."
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Verse Exodus 21:26. _IF A MAN SMITE THE EYE, C._] See the following
verse....
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Freedom was the proper equivalent for permanent injury....
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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 21:18 E. INJURIES. If one man injures another in a quarrel
(Exodus 21:18), he must, on the recovery of the other, compensate him
for the loss of time and pay his doctor's bill (Exodus 21:19). H...
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GO FREE. By Code of Khammurabi, the master was compensated, 199 (see
App-15). Compare Deuteronomy 4:8....
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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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_AND IF A MAN SMITE THE EYE OF HIS SERVANT, OR THE EYE OF HIS MAID,
THAT IT PERISH; HE SHALL LET HIM GO FREE FOR HIS EYE'S SAKE._
If a man smite the eye of his servant ... he shall let him go free .....
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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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THE EYE... TOOTH. — An exception to the law of retaliation is here
made. If the injurer is a free man and the injured person a slave, the
marked social inequality of the parties would make exact retal...
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וְ כִֽי ־יַכֶּ֨ה אִ֜ישׁ אֶת ־עֵ֥ין
עַבְדֹּ֛ו אֹֽו ־אֶת ־עֵ֥ין אֲמָתֹ֖ו
וְ שִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּ לַֽ...
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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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CHAPTER XXI....
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The gospel sums up these things in a comprehensive manner. Colossians
3:25. And our dear Lord folds up the sense of those relative duties,
in his unequalled language, Matthew 5:38....
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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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26._And if a man smite the eye_. Since, in the sight of God, there is
neither slave nor free-man, it is clear that he sins as greatly who
smites a slave, as if he had struck a free-man. Still, a disti...
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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 A MAN SMITE THE EYE OF HIS SERVANT,.... Give him a blow on the eye
in a passion, as a correction for some fault he has committed:
OR THE EYE OF HIS MAID, THAT IT PERISH; strike her on that part in...
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And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid,
that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Ver. 26. _And if a man smite the eye of his servant._] Think the same,...
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_He shall let him go free_ A very fit recompense to a servant for such
a loss, and certainly meant to be extended to every other material
personal injury. _If an ox_ Or any other creature....
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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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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 21:26 man H376 strikes H5221 (H8686) eye H5869 male H5650 or
H5869 servant H519 destroys H7843 (H8765) go H7971 (H8762) free H2670
for H8478 eye H5869
Exodus 21:20; Deuteronomy 16:19;...
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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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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 21:11_
GOD’S DISAPPROBATION OF BRUTE FORCE.—_Exodus 21:22_
I. One of the great underlying principles and fundamental axioms of
the Mosaic legislation was t...
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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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Exodus 21:20 Deuteronomy 16:19 Nehemiah 5:5 Job 31:13 Psalms 9:12
Psalms 10:14 Psalms 10:18 Psalms 72:12 Proverbs 22:22 Proverbs 2