Exodus 21:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. ”

• Exodus 21:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  If he do not these three unto her - The words express a choice of one of three things. The man was to give the woman, whom he had purchased from her father, her freedom, unless (i) he caused h...

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• Exodus 21:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And if he do not these (k) three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. (k) Neither marry her himself, nor give another money to buy her, nor bestow her on his son.

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• Exodus 21:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Exodus 21:2-11 E. The Laws of Slavery. In the 19th cent. slaves were bought and sold as chattels in Liverpool. Here we see one of the stages towards the abolition of slavery, i.e. regulation,...

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• Exodus 21:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. These three - 1. Her food, שארה sheerah, her flesh, for she must not, like a common slave, be fed merely on vegetabl...

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• Exodus 21:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. No JFB commentary on this verse.

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• Exodus 21:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Book of the Covenant (continued) I-ii. Regulations regarding the Treatment of Hebrew Slaves. Slavery was universal in ancient times, and the Mosaic Law does not abolish it. Among the Hebrews,...

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• Exodus 21:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  These three — i.e., one of these three things: (1) Espouse her himself; (2) marry her to his son; or (3) transfer her, on the terms on which he received her, to another Hebrew.

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• Exodus 21:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XXI. THE LESSER LAW (continued). PART II.--RIGHTS OF THE PERSON. Exodus 21:1-32 . The first words of God from Sinai had declared that He was Jehovah Who brought them out of slavery...

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• Exodus 21:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  At this point we have certain laws which apply the principles of the Decalogue to life. The first movement has to do with the laws of the person. This begins with the relation of slaves to their mast...

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• Exodus 21:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here again, beside the moral lesson taught of doing what is just and right, here is a spiritual intimation of the betrothing of the heart to the Lord intended from it. The humblest of the Lord's free...

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• Exodus 21:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And if he do not these three unto her ,.... Not the three things last mentioned; though this sense, Aben Ezra says, many of their interpreters give, which is rejected by him, so do some Christian ex...

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• Exodus 21:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. Ver. 11. And if he do not these three unto her. ] Picus est imago ingrati mariti, quia sub autumnum eiecit coniuge...

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• Exodus 21:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  RESPONSIBILITIES OF MASTERS (vs.1-11) Moses is now given an expanded view of the law on Chapter s 21-23. Special duties of masters are first considered. They may think they have full authority ov...

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• Exodus 21:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Judicial Laws. B. C. 1491.       1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before t...

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• Exodus 21:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And with gifts also by virtue of the law, Deuteronomy 15:14 . The sum is this, The master was either, 1. Willing to part with her; and then he was to let her be redeemed by herself, or any of he...

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• Exodus 21:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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 th...

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• Exodus 21:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 21:7 . Not as the men-servants] From Deuteronomy 15:17 , ‘Kalisch infers that in this place foreign female servants are intended, whereas in that place Hebrew domestics a...

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• Exodus 21:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Exodus 21:1 . These are the judgments. In this chapter we enter upon the fifty seven precepts of the civil law of the Hebrew nation. They are the laws of patriarchal society; and are here arranged...

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• Exodus 21:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  If a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant. Degraded condition of girls in Africa The condition of girls in Africa is thus described by a missionary: “A father looks upon his girl as being...

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• Exodus 21:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT .— Continued . I. Laws connected with the rights of persons ( Exodus 21:1-2 ). The regulations of this section concern— 1 . Slavery ( Exodus 2...

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• Exodus 21:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Precepts Regulating the Master's Relation to Slaves

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• Exodus 21:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Exodus 21:2

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