Exodus 21:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. ”

Exodus 21:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forever - That is, most probably, until the next Jubilee, when every Hebrew was set free. See Leviticus 25:40 , Leviticus 25:50 . The custom of boring the ear as a mark of slavery appears to ha...
Exodus 21:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the (d) door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for (e)...
Exodus 21:6 - 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 21:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the judges . See note on 22. e. bore his ear . Hence. symbol of obedience an perpetual servitude. Compare Psalms 40:6 ; Isaiah 48:8 ; Isaiah 50:5 and see note on Hebrews 10:5 . for ever . F...
Exodus 21:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. Sh...
Exodus 21:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges— If the servant refused to be free, he was to be brought to the judges, אלהים elohim, gods, in the original; magistrates being so called, as the...
Exodus 21:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever...
Exodus 21:6 - 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 21:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His master shall bring him unto the judges. — A formal act was necessary. The State must sanction the passing of a citizen into the slave condition, and so the “judges” were called in. The change w...
Exodus 21:6 - 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 21:6 - 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 21:6 - 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 21:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges ,.... To Elohim, to God, to the judgment seat of God, according to the Septuagint; to some person or persons to inquire of God what is to be done in s...
Exodus 21:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever....
Exodus 21:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

His master shall bring him to the judges In the original, gods , magistrates being often so called as the visible representatives of God upon earth. In the Septuagint it is προς το κριτηριον θεου,...
Exodus 21:6 - 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 21:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judicial Laws. B. C. 1491. 1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before t...
Exodus 21:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall bring him unto the judges; partly, that it may appear he chooseth this freely, and is not overawed nor overreached by his master; and partly, that the agreement being so publicly and solemnly...
Exodus 21:6 - 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 21:6 - 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 21:6 - 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 21:6 - 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 21:6 - 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 21:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Precepts Regulating the Master's Relation to Slaves
Exodus 21:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the judges Exodus 21:22 Exodus 12:12 Exodus 18:21-26 Exodus 22:8 Exodus 22:9 Exodus 22:28 Numbers 25:6-8 Deuteronomy 1:16 Deuteronomy 16:18 Deuteronomy 19:17 Deuteronomy 19:18...
Exodus 21:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For ever — As long as he lives, or till the year of Jubilee.

Exodus 21:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 21:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 21:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 21:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 21:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 21:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 21:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 21:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 21:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 21:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 21:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 21:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 21:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 21:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 21:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes