Exodus 21:2
What meaning of the exodus 21:2 in the Bible?
What does Exodus 21:2 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing."
What does Exodus 21:2 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing."
Verse Exodus 21:2. _IF THOU BUY A HEBREW SERVANT_] Calmet enumerates _six_ different ways in which a Hebrew might lose his liberty: 1. In extreme _poverty_ they might sell their liberty. Leviticus 25...
A Hebrew might be sold as a bondman in consequence either of debt Leviticus 25:39 or of the commission of theft Exodus 22:3. But his servitude could not be enforced for more than six full years. Compa...
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...
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...
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...
IF THOU BUY AN HEBREW SERVANT, &C.— The laws respecting male and female Hebrew servants, or slaves, are here delivered first; no doubt, to impress the just feelings of humanity towards them. Tertullia...
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 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...
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...
IF THOU BUY AN HEBREW SERVANT. — Ancient society was founded upon slavery. “The ultimate elements of the household,” says Aristotle, “are the master and his slave, the husband and his wife, the father...
כִּ֤י תִקְנֶה֙ עֶ֣בֶד עִבְרִ֔י שֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים יַעֲבֹ֑ד וּ בַ֨ † שְּׁבִעִ֔ת יֵצֵ֥א לַֽ † חָפְשִׁ֖י
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, confe...
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 thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for (a) nothing. (a) Paying no money for his freedom....
_Servant, or slave. A man might sell himself and his children. But if they were females, under age, God prescribes how they are to be treated, ver. 7. --- Six years: in case he were brought immediatel...
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 THOU BUY AN HEBREW SERVANT,.... Who sells himself either through poverty, or rather is sold because of his theft, see Exodus 22:3 and so the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it, "when ye shall buy f...
_If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing._ Ver. 2. _In the seventh year._] No longer might they serve, because they were God's ser...
_If thou buy a Hebrew servant_ Either sold by himself or his parents through poverty, or by the judges for his crimes, yet even such a one was to continue in slavery but _seven years_ at the most. See...
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...
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...
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 o...
If thou buy an Hebrew servant; of which practice see JEREMIAH 34:14. This was allowed in two cases: 1. When a man for his crimes was condemned by the judges to be sold; of which see EXODUS 22:3 2 KIN...
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 21:2 buy H7069 (H8799) Hebrew H5680 servant H5650 serve H5647 (H8799) six H8337 years H8141 seventh H7637 out H3318 (H8799) free H2670 nothing H2600 an Hebrew - Exodus 12:44, Exodus 22:3;...
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...
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 w...
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...
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...
an Hebrew Exodus 12:44 Exodus 22:3 Genesis 27:28 Genesis 27:36 Leviticus 25:39 Leviticus 25:44 2 Kings 4:1 Nehemiah 5:1 Nehemiah 5:8 Ma
If thou buy an Hebrew servant — Either sold by him or his parents through poverty, or by the judges for his crimes, yet even such a one was to continue in slavery but seven years at the most....