Exode 21:8 BDS

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 21:7-11

THE RIGHTS OF FEMALE SLAVES"If a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do. If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed; to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 21:8

Exodus 21:8. Shall he let her be redeemed— This might more properly be rendered, after many of the versions, he shall redeem or deliver her: he shall set her free. What is rendered, to a strange people, might properly be read, to another family, which is the true meaning of the expression. (Leviticus 22:10.) The Hebrews had no power, in any case, to sell any of their own people, whether male or female, to those of another nation. REFLECTIONS.—We have here ordinances concerning servants: they... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 21:1-12

The fundamental rights of the Israelites 21:1-23:12It is very important to note that various law codes already existed in the ancient Near East before the giving of the Mosaic Covenant. These included laws in the Akkadian civilization located in Mesopotamia in the twentieth century B.C. (e.g., the Laws of Esnunna). [Note: Pritchard, pp. 161-63.] There were also the laws in the Sumerian civilization in the nineteenth century (e.g., the Code of Lipit-Istar). [Note: Ibid., pp. 159-61.] Moreover... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 21:7-11

Betrothal of a female 21:7-11Females did not enjoy as much freedom as males in the ancient Near East or in Israel. They were subject to the fathers or husbands in authority over them as well as to God (cf. Ephesians 5:22-24; Colossians 3:18). Exodus 21:7-11 describe a girl whom her father sells as a servant (Heb. ’amah, Exodus 21:7) for marriage, not for slavery. [Note: Kaiser, "Exodus," p. 430.] In such a case the girl would become the servant of the father of her husband-to-be who would than... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 21:1-36

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, however, slavery was by no means the degrading and oppressive thing that it was among other nations. Manstealing, upon which modern systems of slavery are based, was a crime punishable by death (see Exodus 21:16), and the Law of Moses recognises the right of a slave to just and honourable treatment. A... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 21:8

(8) Who hath betrothed her to himself.—The reading is to be preferred which gives the opposite sense—“who hath not betrothed her;” and the meaning is, “If the man, after purchasing the woman to be his wife, finds that he does not like her, and refuses to go through the ceremony of betrothal”—Then shall he let her be redeemed.—Heb., then let him cause her to be redeemed: i.e., let him provide some one to take his place, and carry out his contract, only taking care that the substitute be a... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 21:1-36

Exodus 21:1 The Maker's Laws, whether they are promulgated in Sinai thunder, to the ear or imagination, or quite otherwise promulgated, are the Laws of God; transcendent, everlasting, demanding obedience from all men. The Universe is made by Law; the great Soul of the World is just and not unjust. Look then, if thou have eyes or soul left, into this Shoreless Incomprehensible; into the heart of its tumultuous Appearances, Embroilments and mad Time-Vortexes, is there not, silent, eternal, an... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:1-32

CHAPTER XXI.THE LESSER LAW (continued).PART II.--RIGHTS OF THE PERSON.Exodus 21:1-32.The first words of God from Sinai had declared that He was Jehovah Who brought them out of slavery. And in this remarkable code, the first person whose rights are dealt with is the slave. We saw that a denunciation of all slavery would have been premature, and therefore unwise; but assuredly the germs of emancipation were already planted by this giving of the foremost place to the rights of the least of all and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:1-36

6THE 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, confessed by hostile criticism to bear every mark of a remote antiquity, and distinctly severed from what precedes and follows by a marked difference in the circumstances.This is evidently the book of the Covenant to which the nation gave its formal assent (Exodus 24:7), and is therefore the germ and the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 21:1-36

CHAPTER 21 Different Judgments 1. Master and servant (Exodus 21:1-11 ) 2. Concerning injury to the person (Exodus 21:12-32 ) 3. Concerning property (Exodus 21:33-36 ) The Three Chapters which follow the giving of the Ten Commandments give the practical application of the Decalogue in the daily life. The duties towards the fellowman are demonstrated in part. There are seven sections to these three chapters; each section contains ten precepts. The servant occupies the first place. He was... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 21:7-11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 21:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 21:1-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 21:7-11

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 21:1-36

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 21:8

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 21:1-36

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:1-32

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:1-36

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 21:1-36

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