John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:36
Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past ,.... If it is a plain case, and a thing well known in the neighbourhood, and there are witnesses enough to testify it, that it has yesterday, and for two or three days running, pushed with his horns men and cattle, as they have come in his way; see Gill on Exodus 21:29 . and his owner hath not kept him in ; took no care to prevent his doing mischief by putting him into a barn or out house, or into an enclosure, where he... 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