Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Exodus 21:3
If he came in by himself That is, single, he shall so depart: if married, his wife was to depart with him.
If he came in by himself That is, single, he shall so depart: if married, his wife was to depart with him.
Verse Exodus 21:3. _IF HE CAME IN BY HIMSELF_] If he and his wife came in together, they were to go out together: in all respects as he entered, so should he go out. This consideration seems to have...
If a married man became a bondman, his rights in regard to his wife were respected: but if a single bondman accepted at the hand of his master a bondwoman as his wife, the master did not lose his clai...
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 21:2 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...
BY HIMSELF. Hebrew "with his body". Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part). App-6....
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...
Hebrew _male_slaves. Their term of service is fixed for six years (_v._2). A slave is to leave his master's service exactly as he entered it: if he entered it without a wife, he is to leave it without...
The law of slavery. Cf. Deuteronomy 15:12-18; Leviticus 25:39-55 (H and P), where there are other regulations on the same subject, in some respects differing remarkably from those of Ex., and springin...
First and second of the special cases, viz. the cases (1) of an unmarried slave, and (2) of one married before he became a slave. There is no counterpart to this and the following verse in Dt. _by hi...
IF HE CAME IN BY HIMSELF, &C.— That is, single, he shall so depart; if _married,_ his wife also was to depart in freedom with him. Leviticus 25:41. The case was to be different if he married while in...
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...
_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]....
21:3 alone, (b-5) Lit. 'with his body.'...
IF HE WERE MARRIED] before coming into slavery. If he married after becoming a slave, the case contemplated in the next verse, he would do so subject to the consent of his master, in which case the wi...
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...
HIS WIFE SHALL GO OUT WITH HIM. — The privilege of the married Hebrew slave was to attach also to his wife, if he was married when he became a slave. It further, no DOUBT, attached to his children....
אִם ־בְּ גַפֹּ֥ו יָבֹ֖א בְּ גַפֹּ֣ו יֵצֵ֑א
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...
THE LESSER LAW. Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33. With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral interest, confes...
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...
If he (b) came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. (b) Not having wife nor children....
_Raiment. Hebrew Gaph may signify also the body. "If he come (with his body) alone, let him so depart," Septuagint. (Calmet)_...
Oh! that this precept was duly considered in its whole extent, by those who deal in human traffic. Observe, how the Lord himself interposeth by it to induce mercy. Deu_15:12; Deu_15:18....
"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...
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...
IF HE CAME IN BY HIMSELF, HE SHALL GO OUT BY HIMSELF,.... That is, if he came into his servitude "alone", as the Septuagint version has it, he should go out of it in like manner; the word for "by hims...
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. Ver. 3. _If he came in by himself,_] Without a second-self, a yoke fellow, standing on e...
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...
If he came in by himself, literally, with his body, that is, unmarried, HE SHALL GO OUT BY HIMSELF; IF HE WERE MARRIED, THEN HIS WIFE SHALL GO OUT WITH HIM. Cf Exodus 22:3; Leviticus 25:39; Deuteronom...
PRECEPTS REGULATING THE MASTER'S RELATION TO SLAVES...
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...
BY HIMSELF: _ Heb._ with his body...
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...
BY HIMSELF, i.e. with his own person only, not with a wife, as the opposite branch showeth....
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 21:3 in H935 (H8799) himself H1610 out H3318 (H8799) himself H1610 married H1167 H802 wife...
REGULATIONS WITH REGARD TO SLAVES AND VIOLENCE TO FELLOWMEN (EXODUS 21:2). It is always difficult to appreciate the ancient mind and its working, but there is a case here for seeing a chiastic patter...
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...
_If thou buy an Hebrew servant._ SLAVERY AND SOVEREIGNTY These judgments of God are the declarations of human rights. I. These judgments dealt with an existing institution. The circumstances under...
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...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 21:2 WHEN YOU BUY A HEBREW SLAVE. Despite the use of “buy,” it should be clear that slaves were considered human beings rather than mere possessions, since there is no mention of...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 21:1. Judgments.] Here begins the second part of “The Book of the Covenant” (ch. Exodus 24:7), the entire contents of which seem to range themselves thus:— 1. Safeguards of wo...
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...
by himself. Heb. with his body...