What does Exodus 21:20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.e"
The Jewish authorities appear to be right in referring this law, like those in Exodus 21:26, Exodus 21:32, to foreign slaves (see Leviticus 25:44). The protection here afforded to the life of a slave...
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 21:18 E. INJURIES. If one man injures another in a quarrel (Exodus 21:18), he must, on the recovery of the other, compensate him for the loss of time and pay his doctor's bill (Exodus 21:19). H...
PUNISHED. avenged....
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 A MAN SMITE HIS SERVANT, &C.— The equity of these laws is apparent to every reader, though the Jewish Rabbis have done all they could to restrict and render them unworthy the Divine Lawgiver. The l...
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...
_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_ (H...
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...
AND IF A MAN SMITE HIS SERVANT. — The homicide hitherto considered has been that of freemen; but the Mosaic Law was not content to stop at this point. Unlike most other codes, it proceeded to forbid t...
וְ כִֽי ־יַכֶּה֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶת ־עַבְדֹּ֜ו אֹ֤ו אֶת ־אֲמָתֹו֙ בַּ † שֵּׁ֔בֶט וּ מֵ֖ת...
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...
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...
The apostle hath the best comment upon these precepts. Ephesians 6:9; Ephesians 6:9....
"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...
20._And if a man smite his servant_. Although in civil matters there was a wide distinction between slaves and free-men, still, that God may show how dear and precious men’s lives are to Him, He has n...
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...
AND IF A MAN SMITE HIS SERVANT OR HIS MAID WITH A ROD,.... A Canaanitish servant or maid, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi; and that only with a rod for the correction of them, and not with a...
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Ver. 20. _He shall be surely punished._] At the discretion of the magistrate, who is t...
_With a rod_ The usual instrument of correction, whereby is implied, that if he killed the person with a sword or any such weapon he was to be put to death; _and he die under his hand_ While the maste...
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...
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...
PUNISHED: _ Heb._ avenged...
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...
HIS SERVANT, namely, a stranger; for an Israelite was to be better used. See LEVITICUS 25:39,40, &c. WITH A ROD; a fit and usual instrument for correction, whereby it is implied, that if he killed him...
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 21:20 man H376 beats H5221 (H8686) male H5650 servant H519 rod H7626 dies H4191 (H8804) hand H3027 surely H5358 (H8800) punished H5358 (H8735) smite - Exodus 21:26-27; Deuteronomy 19:21;...
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 a man smite his servant._ MASTERS AND SERVANTS 1. It is supposed that masters in the Church of God may be cruel in correcting servants, but it is sin. 2. It is possible that death may follow up...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 21:20 These verses provide a general rule relating to cases in which a slave has been severely beaten by his master (STRIKES HIS SLAVE... WITH A ROD). The instruction not to aven...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 21:11_ GOD’S DISAPPROBATION OF BRUTE FORCE.—_Exodus 21:22_ I. One of the great underlying principles and fundamental axioms of the Mosaic legislation was t...
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...
smite Exodus 21:26 Exodus 21:27 Deuteronomy 19:21 Proverbs 29:19 Isaiah 58:3 Isaiah 58:4 he shall Genesis 9:6 Numbers 35:30 punished. Heb. avenged Genesis 4:15...
Direction is given what should be done, if a servant died by his master's correction. This servant must not be an Israelite, but a Gentile slave, as the Negroes to our planters; and it is supposed tha...