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Exodus 21:2-11
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:2-11
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Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:1-11Exodus 21:1-11 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe 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 of natural justice. The s…Judicial Laws. (b. c. 1491.)Exodus 21:1-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJUDICIAL LAWS. (B. C. 1491.) The Exodus 21:1 is the general title of the laws contained in this and the two following chapters, some of them relating to the religious worship of God, but most of them relating to matters…The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:1-32Exodus 21:1-32 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.—Continued. I. Laws connected with the rights of persons (Exodus 21:1-32). The regulations of this section concern— 1. Slavery (Exodus 21:2-6); 2. Murder and other kinds of homicide (…The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:1-11Exodus 21:1-11 · The Pulpit CommentaryRegulations for the treatment of slaves. I. THE CONDITIONAL ELEMENT RUNNING THROUGH THESE REGULATIONS. What a difference there is here from the strong, uncompromising imperatives of Exodus 20:1-26! There we feel that we…The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:2Exodus 21:2 · The Pulpit CommentaryIf thou buy an Hebrew servant. Slavery, it is clear, was an existing institution. The law of Moses did not make it, but found it, and by not forbidding, allowed it. The Divine legislator was content under the circumstan…The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:2-12Exodus 21:2-12 · The Pulpit CommentaryHebrew bond-service. The laws relating to this subject are to be found, in addition to those in the present chapter, in Exodus 12:43-45; Exodus 22:3; Le Exodus 25:39 -55; Exodus 26:13; Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Exodus 21:1-11The 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 of natural justice. The s…Matthew HenrycommentaryJudicial Laws. (b. c. 1491.)JUDICIAL LAWS. (B. C. 1491.) The Exodus 21:1 is the general title of the laws contained in this and the two following chapters, some of them relating to the religious worship of God, but most of them relating to matters…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:1-11Regulations for the treatment of slaves. I. THE CONDITIONAL ELEMENT RUNNING THROUGH THESE REGULATIONS. What a difference there is here from the strong, uncompromising imperatives of Exodus 20:1-26! There we feel that we…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:1-32EXPOSITION THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.—Continued. I. Laws connected with the rights of persons (Exodus 21:1-32). The regulations of this section concern— 1. Slavery (Exodus 21:2-6); 2. Murder and other kinds of homicide (…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:2If thou buy an Hebrew servant. Slavery, it is clear, was an existing institution. The law of Moses did not make it, but found it, and by not forbidding, allowed it. The Divine legislator was content under the circumstan…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:2-12Hebrew bond-service. The laws relating to this subject are to be found, in addition to those in the present chapter, in Exodus 12:43-45; Exodus 22:3; Le Exodus 25:39 -55; Exodus 26:13; Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:3If he came in by himself, etc. The first clause of this verse is further explained in the next; the second secured to the wife who went into slavery with her husband a participation in his privilege of release at the en…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 21:4If his master have given him a wife. If the slave was unmarried when he went into servitude, or if his wife died, and his master then gave him a wife from among his female slaves, the master was not to lose his property…Joseph S. Exell and contributors