Exodus 21:1
Chapter s 21-23 are an expansion of chapter 20.... [ Continue Reading ]
Chapter s 21-23 are an expansion of chapter 20.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY HIMSELF. Hebrew "with his body". Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part). App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL PLAINLY SAY. Hebrew "saying shall say". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6) for emphasis. See note on Genesis 26:28 CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE JUDGES. See note on 22. e. BORE HIS EAR. Hence. symbol of obedience an perpetual servitude. Compare Psalms 40:6; Isaiah 48:8; Isaiah 50:5 and see note on Hebrews 10:5. FOR EVER. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Whole). App-6. A time put for limited time; "for life", or till the jubilee, Leviti... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. See App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
NATION. people. POWER. authority.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD Hebrew. _Elohim._ deliver. Hebrew idiom,. which God is said to do what He allows to be done. deliver. Hebrew permit him to meet, or come.... [ Continue Reading ]
GUILE... THOU. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6); between these two words, supply: "and then seek refuge. Mine altar".... [ Continue Reading ]
SMITETH. Here and elsewhere in this chapter (except Exodus 21:26), to smite to death, or seriously.... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAN. (Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.) Aramaean and Septuagint add "of the sons of Israel".... [ Continue Reading ]
CURSETH, or revileth. Compare Matthew 15:4.Mark 7:1... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew, plural _of 'ish, or'enesh._ See App-14. one. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. another his neighbor.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUNISHED. avenged.... [ Continue Reading ]
MONEY. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, money put for the servant ho earns it.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILD... SO. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6); supply "who intervenes". PUNISHED. amerced, or fined. The laws of Khammurabi distinguished between three classes (§§209, 211, 213). Here it is _any_ woman. See App-15.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ See App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
EYE FOR EYE, &c. _Lex talionis,_ eight particulars for completeness (App-10), seven in separate category (verses: Exodus 21:24; Exodus 21:26). These laws made prisons unnecessary, and prevented crime.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO FREE. By Code of Khammurabi, the master was compensated, 199 (see App-15). Compare Deuteronomy 4:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
SMITE. Not the same word as elsewhere in this chapter.... [ Continue Reading ]
RANSOM. Implying that death-penalties were in certain cases commutable. Compare Exodus 30:12 and Psalms 49:8. Psa 49:32 shekels. See App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]