Exodus 21:8,Exodus 21:9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 21:1-11

The Exod. 21:1 is the general title of the laws contained in this and the two following chapters, some of them relating to the religious worship of God, but most of them relating to matters between man and man. Their government being purely a Theocracy, that which in other states is to be settled by human prudence was directed among them by a divine appointment, so that the constitution of their government was peculiarly adapted to make them happy. These laws are called judgments, because they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:8

If she please not her master ,.... "Be evil in the eyes of her master" F16 רעה בעיני "mala in oculis", Montanus; "mala videbitur in oculis", Junius & Tremellius; "mala fuerit in oculis", Drusius. ; and he has no liking of her, and love to her, not being agreeable in her person, temper, or conduct, so that he does not choose to make her his wife: who hath betrothed her to him ; but not completed the marriage, as he promised, when he bought her, or at least gave reason to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 21:1-11

Regulations for the treatment of slaves. I. THE CONDITIONAL ELEMENT RUNNING THROUGH THESE REGULATIONS . What a difference there is here from the strong, uncompromising imperatives of Exodus 20:1-26 ! There we feel that we have to do with man, not only as he is at the time, a Hebrew in the wilderness, but with every man, in every age, and in all sorts of social circumstances. The ten commandments simply assume humanity and society. But the regulations now to be considered... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 21:2-11

Slavery . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 21:2-12

Hebrew bond-service. The laws relating to this subject are to be found, in addition to those in the present chapter, in Exodus 12:43-45 ; Exodus 22:3 ; Le Exodus 25:39 -55; Exodus 26:13 ; Deuteronomy 12:12 , Deuteronomy 12:18 ; Deuteronomy 15:15-19 ; Deuteronomy 16:11 , Deuteronomy 16:14 ; Deuteronomy 21:10-15 ; Deuteronomy 23:15 ; Deuteronomy 24:7 . An impartial examination of these laws will show how fallacious must be every argument attempted to be deduced from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 21:2-35

The slave laws. Slave laws belong to all communities, and not to some only, slavery being really a universal and not a partial institution. In the most civilised communities of modern Europe, there are two large classes of slaves—lunatics and criminals. The law openly condemns these last to penal servitude, which may be for life; and this "servitude," as Lord Chief Justice Coleridge has repeatedly pointed out, is simply a form of slavery. Ancient communities differed from modern— 1 .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 21:8

If she please not her master. If he decline, i.e; to carry out the contract, and take her for his wife. Then let her be redeemed . Rather, "Then let him cause her to be redeemed." Let him, i.e; look out for some one who will buy her of him and take his obligation of marriage off his hands To sell her to a strange nation he shall not have power. Only, this purchaser must be a Hebrew, like himself, and not a foreigner, since her father consented to her becoming a slave only on the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 21:8

Exodus 21:8. Who hath betrothed her to himself For a concubine, or secondary wife. Not that masters always took maid-servants on those terms. Then shall he let her be redeemed Either by herself or her friends, or any other person that will redeem her. To sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power This was prohibited, because a heathen would keep her for a perpetual servant, which the Israelites might not do. Seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her In breaking his promise of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:1-11

Laws concerning slavery (21:1-11)Among the Hebrews a slave had rights. Any person, man or woman, who became the slave of another Hebrew, could not be held as a slave for more than six years (21:1-2; Deuteronomy 15:12). If a man took his wife with him into slavery, he also took her with him when he was released. If he was unmarried when he became a slave, then later was given a wife by his master, he did not take his wife and children with him when released. They remained with the master.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 21:8

nation = people. power = authority. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 21:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 21:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 21:2-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 21:2-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 21:2-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 21:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 21:8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 21:8

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