Psalms 9:15 Psalms 119:85 Proverbs 28:10 Ecclesiastes 10:8 Jeremiah 18:20 Jeremiah 18:22
The usual mode of protecting a well in the East was probably then, as now, by building round it a low circular wall.
Exodus 21:28-36 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 (...
33. And if a man shall open a pit He enumerates still more cases of damage inflicted, in which restitution is to be demanded of the person w...
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; And if a man shall open a pit, or - d...
If a man shall open a pit— We have had frequent occasion, in our notes on the Book of Genesis, to mention these pits which were usually dug in th...
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 shal...
The Book of the Covenant (continued) I-ii. Regulations regarding the Treatment of Hebrew Slaves. Slavery was universal in ancient times, and the M...
If a man shall open a pit. — Rather, uncover a well. The wells in the East commonly have covers, which are removed when water is drawn, and then...
LAWS CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY. (33-36) The legislation slides from rights of persons to rights of property easily and without effort, by...
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...
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. Thi...
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 c...
If a man shall open a pit ,.... That has been dug in time past, and filled up again, or take the covering from it, and leave it uncovered: "or if a...
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; Ver. 33. And an ox or an ass. ] We...
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 cons...
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,...
If a man shall either open an old pit which hath been covered with earth; or dig a new pit, to wit, in a public way, as the reason of the law s...
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...
Regulations For Injuries In Connection With Beasts ( Exodus 21:28-36 ). In this section there is a very basic chiasmus: a Punishment for the gor...
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 th...
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...
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...
Ordinances for the Protection of Life and Property
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein, the result being that his neighbor is...
33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;