Êxodo 21:26-32 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 21:22-36

Observe here, I. The particular care which the law took of women with child, that no hurt should be done them which might occasion their mis-carrying. The law of nature obliges us to be very tender in that case, lest the tree and fruit be destroyed together, Exod. 21:22, 23. Women with child, who are thus taken under the special protection of the law of God, if they live in his fear, may still believe themselves under the special protection of the providence of God, and hope that they shall be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:26

If a man smite the eye of his servant ,.... Give him a blow on the eye in a passion, as a correction for some fault he has committed: or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; strike her on that part in like manner, so that the eye is beaten or drops out, or however loses its sight, and " is blinded", as the Septuagint version; or "corrupts" it F11 שחתה "et corruperit eum", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; so Ainsworth. , it turns black and blue, and gathers corrupt matter, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:27

And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth ,.... Give them such a slap on the face, or a blow on the mouth, as to strike out one of their teeth; this also the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi restrain to a Canaanitish servant or maid: he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake ; both him and her, the servant and the maid; this, though of lesser consequence than the loss of an eye, was punished in the same manner with the loss of the servant man or maid, to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:28

If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die ,.... That are Israelites, of whom only Aben Ezra interprets it; but though they may be principally designed, yet not solely; for no doubt if one of another nation was gored to death by the ox of an Israelite, the same penalty would be inflicted, as follows: then the ox shall be surely stoned ; which is but an exemplification of the original law given to Noah and his sons, Genesis 9:5 , "at the hand of every beast will I require it"; i.e.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:29

But if the ox were wont to push with his horns in time past ,.... Or "from or before yesterday, to the third" F13 מתמל שלשם "ab heri et nudiustertius", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator, Drusius. that is, three days before, and had made three pushes, as Jarchi explains it: and it hath been testified to his owner ; by sufficient witnesses, who saw him push at people for three days past: the Targum of Jonathan is,"and it hath been testified to the face of his owner three... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:30

If there be laid on him a sum of money ,.... By the decree of the judges, as Aben Ezra, or which the sanhedrim of Israel have laid upon him; if his sentence of death is commuted for a fine, with the consent of the relations of the deceased, who in such a case are willing to show mercy, and take a fine instead of the person's death; supposing it was through carelessness and negligence, and not with any ill design that he did not keep up his ox from doing damage, after he had notice: then... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:31

Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter ,.... A little son or daughter, and both Israelites, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra; this is observed, because only a man or woman are made mention of in Exodus 21:29 persons grown up; and lest it should be thought that only adult persons were intended, this is added, to show that the same regard is had to little ones as to grown persons, should they suffer by an ox in like manner as men and women may. The Targum of Jonathan restrains this to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:32

If the ox shall push a manservant, or a maidservant ,.... Which the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi interpret of a Canaanitish servant, man or maid; but no doubt the same provision was made for an Hebrew servant, man or maid, as for a Gentile one: he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver ; that is, the owner of the ox shall pay so much to the masters of the servants for the loss they have sustained by his ox goring them; and Maimonides F18 Hilchot Niske Maimon, c. 11.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 21:26

If a man smite the eye, etc. - See the following verse. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 21:27

If he smite out his - tooth - It was a noble law that obliged the unmerciful slaveholder to set the slave at liberty whose eye or tooth he had knocked out. If this did not teach them humanity, it taught them caution, as one rash blow might have deprived them of all right to the future services of the slave; and thus self-interest obliged them to be cautious and circumspect. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 21:22-36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 21:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 21:27

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