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
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