Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Exodus 22:20
This refers to the first table. See Exodus 20:5 . read more
This refers to the first table. See Exodus 20:5 . read more
Wizards. Hebrew, "a witch." Women are more given to such delusions, which imply an apostacy from God to serve the devil, and disturb the republic. read more
Death. Hebrew, "shall be anathema," ( erom ) which denotes utter destruction both of the person and of his goods. (Jonathan) (1 Kings xv. 3.) read more
Regarding Various Social Relations v. 16. And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, thus seducing her and robbing her of her honor and virginity, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. The crime could be expiated at least in a measure by his marrying the girl and by giving dowry money to her father. v. 17. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay, weigh out, money according to the dowry of virgins. This procedure, in a way, reinstated... read more
c.—First form of the law of the political commonwealthExodus 21:1 to Exodus 23:33a. Right of Personal Freedom (according to Bertheau, ten in number)1Now these are the judgments [ordinances] which thou shalt set before them. 2If [when] thou buy [buyest] an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3If he came [come] in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were [be] married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4If his master have... read more
The laws of property follow. The section really begins with verse Exo 21:33 of the previous chapter. These laws also began by laying emphasis on the guilt of carelessness. The truth emphasized is that no man must live his life on the basis of selfishness or wholly alone and that wrong inflicted on neighbor by neighbor in the material realm becomes sin against God in the moral realm. Specific instructions were given on the responsibility of trustees. Within clearly defined limitations, a man... read more
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 Words of the covenant. Notice that it begins with ‘and Yahweh said to Moses’. This proceeds as follows: a Instructions concerning future worship in obedience to the commandments in Exodus 20:3-5, for He will be with them and record His name in places where they go (Exodus 20:22-26). b ... read more
Sundry Regulations (Exodus 22:18 to Exodus 23:9 ). The regulations that follow are mainly apodictic, direct commands made specifically by God requiring total obedience. As such they are not paralleled in the law codes. Regulations Concerning Unacceptable Conduct - Three Deadly Sins And Two Calls For Compassion (Exodus 22:18-24 ). The opening ‘and’ in Exodus 22:21 may suggest that Exodus 22:18-20 are connected with it. If this be so we may have an interesting chiasmus: a A sorceress not... read more
Exodus 22:18-Obadiah : E. Various Ordinances.— From this point up to Exodus 23:9 we have to do with miscellaneous laws, differing in the main both in form and substance from the Judgments, and therefore here regarded as belonging to the Book of the Covenant. But they may have come independently of either code. The death penalty for a sorceress ( Exodus 22:18) sounds unduly severe, and this law may be taken as a classical instance of the progressive nature of revelation. Conditions change,... read more
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Exodus 22:19
Leviticus 18:23 . read more