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Exodus 21:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

EXPOSITION

THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.—Continued.

I. Laws connected with the rights of persons (). The regulations of this section concern—

1. Slavery ();

2. Murder and other kinds of homicide ( and , );

3. Man-stealing ();

4. Striking or cursing of parents (, );

5. Assaults and injuries to the person not resulting in death (, , and ), both in the case of free men and of slaves; and

6. Injuries done by cattle both to free men and to slaves (). The chief bodily injury whereto women are liable is not mentioned. A later enactment () made it expiable by marriage, or else a capital offence. There are no other remarkable omissions.

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