_NOW THESE ARE THE JUDGMENTS WHICH THOU SHALT SET BEFORE THEM._ Now these are the judgments, х_ HAMISHPAATIYM_ (H4941)] - the statutes, ordinances; Septuagint, ta dikaioomata, ordinances (cf. Hebrews 9:1, where that word is used); rules instituted for regulating the procedure of judges and magistra... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF THOU BUY AN HEBREW SERVANT, SIX YEARS HE SHALL SERVE: AND IN THE SEVENTH HE SHALL GO OUT FREE FOR NOTHING._ If thou buy an Hebrew servant. Though slavery was recognized in Israel, and the mention of purchase-money here seems to point to the procuring of a slave, it must not be imagined that Heb... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF HE CAME IN BY HIMSELF, HE SHALL GO OUT BY HIMSELF: IF HE WERE MARRIED, THEN HIS WIFE SHALL GO OUT WITH HIM._ If he came in by himself, х_ BªGAPOW_ (H1610)] - with his body [Septuagint, monos]. IF HE WERE MARRIED, THEN HIS WIFE SHALL GO OUT WITH HIM - i:e., his wife, if she had voluntarily sha... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF HIS MASTER HAVE GIVEN HIM A WIFE, AND SHE HAVE BORN HIM SONS OR DAUGHTERS; THE WIFE AND HER CHILDREN SHALL BE HER MASTER'S, AND HE SHALL GO OUT BY HIMSELF._ If his master have given him a wife - should he have married a female slave-not a Hebrew maid, as Salvador assumes ('Institutions de Moise... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF THE SERVANT SHALL PLAINLY SAY, I LOVE MY MASTER, MY WIFE, AND MY CHILDREN; I WILL NOT GO OUT FREE:_ If the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children. It might be that through attachment to his family, the Hebrew servant, resolving to forfeit his personal privileg... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN HIS MASTER SHALL BRING HIM UNTO THE JUDGES; HE SHALL ALSO BRING HIM TO THE DOOR, OR UNTO THE DOOR POST; AND HIS MASTER SHALL BORE HIS EAR THROUGH WITH AN AUL; AND HE SHALL SERVE HIM FOR EVER._ Then his master shall bring him unto the judges, х_ 'EL_ (H413) _ HAA-'ªLOHIYM_ (H430)] - gods, a na... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A MAN SELL HIS DAUGHTER TO BE A MAIDSERVANT, SHE SHALL NOT GO OUT AS THE MENSERVANTS DO._ And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant. Although it is not expressly said, it may be presumed, for the reasons stated on Exodus 21:1., that this man was a Hebrew father, who having, from s... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF SHE PLEASE NOT HER MASTER, WHO HATH BETROTHED HER TO HIMSELF, THEN SHALL HE LET HER BE REDEEMED: TO SELL HER UNTO A STRANGE NATION HE SHALL HAVE NO POWER, SEEING HE HATH DEALT DECEITFULLY WITH HER._ If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself. This is the first contingency -... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF HE HAVE BETROTHED HER UNTO HIS SON, HE SHALL DEAL WITH HER AFTER THE MANNER OF DAUGHTERS._ And if he hath betrothed her unto his son. This is the second supposed contingency. Women among the Hebrews, as in the East generally, were disposed of in marriage without their personal wishes or fee... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 is no indication of a change of subject, it must be considered that the father is meant as 'taking... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF HE DO NOT THESE THREE UNTO HER, THEN SHALL SHE GO OUT FREE WITHOUT MONEY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 of the poor and dependent are here succeeded by an enumeration of laws respecting the punishment of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT SMITETH HIS FATHER, OR HIS MOTHER, SHALL BE SURELY PUT TO DEATH._ He that smiteth his father or his mother, х_ 'AABIYW_ (H1) _ Wª'IMOW_ (H517) - his father and his mother. The 'and' is to be rendered distributively, 'or']. Smiting or cursing a parent are declared capital offences, beca... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT STEALETH A MAN, AND SELLETH HIM, OR IF HE BE FOUND IN HIS HAND, HE SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH._ Man - stealing to sell into slavery. These three crimes are mentioned afterward with additional circumstances of aggravation (see the notes at Deuteronomy 21:18; Deuteronomy 24:7).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT CURSETH HIS FATHER, OR HIS MOTHER, SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF MEN STRIVE TOGETHER, AND ONE SMITE ANOTHER WITH A STONE, OR WITH HIS FIST, AND HE DIE NOT, BUT KEEPETH HIS BED:_ If men strive together ... Should a quarrel arise between two or more individuals, and a scuffle ensue, in which one of the party may receive such serious injuries as to disable... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A MAN SMITE HIS SERVANT, OR HIS MAID, WITH A ROD, AND HE DIE UNDER HIS HAND; HE SHALL BE SURELY PUNISHED._ If a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die ... х_ BASHEEBET_ (H7626)] - with the rod. Among the Israelites, as among all other people where slavery existed, the ow... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOTWITHSTANDING, IF HE CONTINUE A DAY OR TWO, HE SHALL NOT BE PUNISHED: FOR HE IS HIS MONEY._ Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished - i:e., if the slave should continue in life for some time after the chastisement, it would be sufficiently evident that the master h... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF MEN STRIVE, AND HURT A WOMAN WITH CHILD, SO THAT HER FRUIT DEPART FROM HER, AND YET NO MISCHIEF FOLLOW: HE SHALL BE SURELY PUNISHED, ACCORDING AS THE WOMAN'S HUSBAND WILL LAY UPON HIM; AND HE SHALL PAY AS THE JUDGES DETERMINE._ If men strive, and hurt a woman with child. This is a casualty that... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF ANY MISCHIEF FOLLOW, THEN THOU SHALT GIVE LIFE FOR LIFE,_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH, HAND FOR HAND, FOOT FOR FOOT,_ Eye for eye. The law which authorized retaliation-a principle acted upon by all primitive people-was a civil one. It was given to regulate the procedure of the public magistrate in determining the amount of compensation in every case of... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 ... It may be inferred from the general equity of these laws that this provision was not confined, as... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 sanctifying human blood, and representing all injuries affecting life in a serious light, an animal t... [ Continue Reading ]