Exodus 21:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

A son or a daughter; names signifying their tender age, in respect of the man or woman, Exodus 21:29. And this is added, lest the foregoing sense should be restrained to their parents, whose lives were more precious, and therefore their loss greater.

Exodus 21:31

31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.