George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Exodus 21:14
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)
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)
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_....
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;...
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...
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...
GUILE... THOU. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6); between these two words, supply: "and then seek refuge. Mine altar"....
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...
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)...
_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...
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....
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...
_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...
FROM MINE ALTAR] The altar seems to have been the place of refuge at first: see 1 Kings 1:50; 1 Kings 2:28....
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...
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...
(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...
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...
וְ כִֽי ־יָזִ֥ד אִ֛ישׁ עַל ־רֵעֵ֖הוּ לְ
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...
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...
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine (m) altar, that he may die. (m) The holiness of the place should not defend the murderer....
In these verses here is a distinction made between willful murder and unintentional manslaughter. Genesis 9:6....
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
CONCERNING MURDER AND BODILY INJURIES...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Exodus 21:14 man H376 premeditation H2102 (H8686) neighbor H7453 kill H2026 (H8800) treachery H6195 take H3947 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
_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...
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 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...
presumptuously Numbers 15:30 Numbers 15:31 Deuteronomy 1:43 Deuteronomy 17:12...