“ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. ”
The case of murder of a free man and of a bondman. See Exodus 21:20 note. The law was afterward expressly declared to relate also to foreigners, Leviticus 24:17 , Leviticus 24:21-22 ; compare t...
Exodus 21:12-17 E. Capital Offences. This group, varying in form from the main body of the Judgments, is here regarded as a part of the smaller Book of the Covenant (p. 184). The punishment of mu...
12. He that smiteth a man, so that he die. This passage, as I have said, more clearly explains the details, and first makes a distinction between voluntary and accident...
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
He that smiteth a man, &c.— See Genesis 9:6 . It appears from Leviticus 17:16 that this law was not confined to the murder of Israelites, but extended to strangers, and all men in general;...
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. He that smiteth a man so that he die, shall be surely put to death. The preceding acts for protecting the rights and privi...
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,...
(12-14) He that smiteth a man, so that he die. — Homicide had been broadly and generally forbidden in the sixth commandment. But something more was necessary. Laws are for the most part inoperative...
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...
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...
In these verses here is a distinction made between willful murder and unintentional manslaughter. Genesis 9:6 .
He that smiteth a man, so that he die ,.... The Targum of Jonathan is, that smites a man or daughter of Israel with the sword; but there is no need to restrain the words either to persons of any cer...
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. Ver. 12. Shall be surely put to death. ] See Trapp on " Gen 9:6 "
He that smiteth a man Knowingly and wilfully, as appears from the next verse; shall be surely put to death Neither the friends of the person slain nor the magistrate shall give him a pardon, or a...
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...
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he sha...
He that smiteth a man knowingly and wilfully, as appears by the next verse, neither the friends of the party slain, nor the magistrate, shall give him a pardon, or accept a ransom for him, Number...
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...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 21:12-14 CASES OF HOMICIDE A rude state of society requires rough measures for the repression of crime and for the preservation of social order; and in...
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...
Shall be surely put to death. Cases of homicide I. Homicide in effect. “He that hateth his brother is a murderer.” Anger in the heart gives unconscious malicious power to the will. The man is r...
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...
He that smiteth a man, strikes him down with deliberate intention, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. The reference seems to be to a murder committed in the heat of anger or in a conditi...
Exodus 20:13 Genesis 9:6 Leviticus 24:17 Numbers 35:16-24 Numbers 35:30 Numbers 35:31 Deuteronomy 19:11-13 2 Samuel 12:13 Matthew 26:52