Exodus 21:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. ”

Exodus 21:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There was no place of safety for the guilty murderer, not even the altar of Yahweh. Thus all superstitious notions connected with the right of sanctuary were excluded. Adonijah and Joab 1 Kings 1:...
Exodus 21:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And if a man lie not in wait, but (l) God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. (l) Though a man be killed unawares, yet it is God's providence that it...
Exodus 21:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Exodus 21:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

God Hebrew. Elohim. deliver. Hebrew idiom,. which God is said to do what He allows to be done. deliver. Hebrew permit him to meet, or come.
Exodus 21:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee - From the earliest times...
Exodus 21:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But God deliver him into his hand— As God is the Lord of life and death, whose providence is over all his works, the Scripture teaches us to ascribe to him all such events, as, in common phrase, ar...
Exodus 21:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Exodus 21:13 - 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,...
Exodus 21:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(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...
Exodus 21:13 - 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...
Exodus 21:13 - 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...
Exodus 21:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In these verses here is a distinction made between willful murder and unintentional manslaughter. Genesis 9:6 .
Exodus 21:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And if a man lie not in wait ,.... For the life of another to take it away; or does not do it willingly, as the Septuagint version, does not seek after it, nor design it: but God delivers him into...
Exodus 21:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. Ver. 13. But God deliver him. ] Who is the Lord of our lives, and to whom...
Exodus 21:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Exodus 21:13 - 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...
Exodus 21:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Exodus 21:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If it appear that the manslayer did not intend nor desire it, but only it fell out by his heedlessness, or by some casualty, or by some unexpected providence; or, God, and not man, God without the ma...
Exodus 21:13 - 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...
Exodus 21:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 21:13 - 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...
Exodus 21:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Exodus 21:13 - 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...
Exodus 21:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning Murder and Bodily Injuries
Exodus 21:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

lie not Numbers 35:11 Numbers 35:22 Deuteronomy 19:4-6 Deuteronomy 19:11 Micah 7:2 God 1 Samuel 24:4 1 Samuel 24:10 1 Samuel 24:18 2 Samuel 16:10 Isaiah 10:7 I will appoint Numbe...

Exodus 21:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 21:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 21:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 21:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 21:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 21:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 21:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 21:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 21:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 21:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 21:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 21:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 21:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge