Exodus 21:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. ”

Exodus 21:34 - 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 21:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The owner of the pit shall (y) make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his. (y) This law forbids not only to hurt, but to beware lest any be hurt.
Exodus 21:34 - 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 21:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus 21:34 - 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 21:34 - 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 21:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

LAWS CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY. (33-36) The legislation slides from rights of persons to rights of property easily and without effort, by passing from the injuries which cattle cause to th...
Exodus 21:34 - 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 21:34 - 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 21:34 - 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 21:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The owner of the pit shall make it good ,.... Repair the loss of the ox or ass: and give the money unto the owner of them : the price of them, what they are worth: the Targum of Jonathan is, "the...
Exodus 21:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The owner of the pit shall make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his. Ver. 34. The owner of the pit shall make it good. ] Think the same of other c...
Exodus 21:34 - 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 21:34 - 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 21:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The owner of the pit, i.e. he by whose hand or command it was made, shall give money equal to the worth of the dead beast, in the opinion of the judge.
Exodus 21:34 - 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 21:34 - 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 21:34 - 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 21:34 - 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 21:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ordinances for the Protection of Life and Property
Exodus 21:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 21:29 Exodus 21:30 Exodus 22:6 Exodus 22:14

Exodus 21:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 21:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 21:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 21:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 21:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 21:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 21:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 21:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 21:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 21:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 21:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 21:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 21:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 21:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 21:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 21:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 21:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge