Exodus 21:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: ”

Exodus 21:5 - 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,...
Exodus 21:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

shall plainly say . Hebrew "saying shall say". Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) for emphasis. See note on Genesis 26:28 children . sons.
Exodus 21:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
Exodus 21:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: If the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children. It migh...
Exodus 21:5 - 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 21:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And if. — Better, But if. I love my master. — Under every system of slavery affection grows up between the slaves and a master who is indulgent to them. At Rome it was common for slaves to end...
Exodus 21:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LESSER LAW. Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33 . With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral interest...
Exodus 21:5 - 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 21:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Beside the sense of those verses in reference to the servitude among the houses of Israel, is there not somewhat strikingly typical of the Lord Jesus here represented? Did he not say, by the mouth of...
Exodus 21:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PREVAILING MOTIVE ‘The servant shall plainly say, I love my Master … I will not go out free.’ Exodus 21:5 John Wesley said truly that slavery is the sum of all the villainies. And yet se...
Exodus 21:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And if the servant shall plainly say ,.... Or, "in saying shall say" i shall express himself in plain and full terms, and repeat his words, and abide by them, signifying it as his last will and dete...
Exodus 21:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: Ver. 5. I love my master. ] A little better than he in Plautus, that said, Ego non servio...
Exodus 21:5 - 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 21:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judicial Laws. B. C. 1491. 1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before t...
Exodus 21:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Exodus 21:5 - 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 21:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 21:1 . Judgments.] Here begins the second part of “The Book of the Covenant” (ch. Exodus 24:7 ), the entire contents of which seem to range themselves thus:— 1. Safeguar...
Exodus 21:5 - 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 21:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

If thou buy an Hebrew servant. Slavery and sovereignty These judgments of God are the declarations of human rights. I. These judgments dealt with an existing institution. The circumstances u...
Exodus 21:5 - 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 21:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Precepts Regulating the Master's Relation to Slaves
Exodus 21:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

and if Deuteronomy 15:16 Deuteronomy 15:17 Isaiah 26:13 2 Corinthians 5:14 2 Corinthians 5:15 shall plainly say. Heb. saying shall say

Exodus 21:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 21:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 21:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 21:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 21:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 21:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 21:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 21:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 21:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 21:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 21:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 21:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 21:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 21:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 21:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 21:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 21:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 21:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge