Exodus 21:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

XXI.
LAWS CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS.

(1) These are the judgments. — “The laws” (Knobel), “the rights” (Keil), “the rules which shall guide judicial decisions” (Pool). The paraphrase alone gives the full meaning.

Exodus 21:1

1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.