Exodus 21:33 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; ”

Exodus 21:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The usual mode of protecting a well in the East was probably then, as now, by building round it a low circular wall.
Exodus 21:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:28-36 E . Damages by or to Cattle. An ox goring anyone to death must be stoned, and might not be eaten, as tainted with blood-guilt ( Exodus 21:28 ). In ancient Greece and elsewhere, a...
Exodus 21:33 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

33. And if a man shall open a pit He enumerates still more cases of damage inflicted, in which restitution is to be demanded of the person who gave occasion for the occurrence. First, it is...
Exodus 21:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; And if a man shall open a pit, or - dig a pit - That is, if a man shall open a well or...
Exodus 21:33 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If a man shall open a pit— We have had frequent occasion, in our notes on the Book of Genesis, to mention these pits which were usually dug in this country; and which, being dug in common or publ...
Exodus 21:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. If an ox gore a man. For the purpos...
Exodus 21:33 - 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 21:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If a man shall open a pit. — Rather, uncover a well. The wells in the East commonly have covers, which are removed when water is drawn, and then replaced. If a man neglected to replace a cover, h...
Exodus 21:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PART III.--RIGHTS OF PROPERTY. Exodus 21:33 - Exodus 22:15 . The vital and quickening principle in this section is the stress it lays upon man's responsibility for negligence, and the indirect...
Exodus 21:33 - 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 21:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe, from those laws, how offensive in the sight of God blood-shedding is, even when committed by the unconscious brute, as well as by rational creatures.
Exodus 21:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If a man shall open a pit ,.... That has been dug in time past, and filled up again, or take the covering from it, and leave it uncovered: "or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it": a new one,...
Exodus 21:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; Ver. 33. And an ox or an ass. ] We can hardly open the deep pit of God's bottomless,...
Exodus 21:33 - 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 21:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him...
Exodus 21:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If a man shall either open an old pit which hath been covered with earth; or dig a new pit, to wit, in a public way, as the reason of the law shows; for if it were done in a man's own house or...
Exodus 21:33 - 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 21:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 21:28-36 GOD’S REGARD FOR THE SAFETY OF MAN AND BEAST.— Exodus 21:28-36 This is an extension of the principle maintained in the preceding section,—t...
Exodus 21:33 - 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 21:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

If an ox gore. God’s regard for the safety of man and beast I. God cares for the safety of man. 1. If an ox injured a man for the first time, the life of the ox only was forfeited ( Exodus 2...
Exodus 21:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ordinances for the Protection of Life and Property
Exodus 21:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 9:15 Psalms 119:85 Proverbs 28:10 Ecclesiastes 10:8 Jeremiah 18:20 Jeremiah 18:22

Exodus 21:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 21:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 21:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 21:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 21:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 21:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 21:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 21:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 21:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 21:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge