--- title: "Bullinger" description: "Chapters 21-23 are an expansion of chapter 20. by himself . Hebrew \"with his body\". Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part). App-6 . shall plainly say ." image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/exodus/21" --- Chapters 21-23 are an expansion of chapter 20. **by himself** . Hebrew "with his body". Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Part). App-6 . **shall plainly say** . Hebrew "saying shall say". Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ) for emphasis. See note on [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) **children** = sons. **the judges** . See note on 22. e. **bore his ear** . Hence a symbol of obedience an perpetual servitude. Compare [Psalms 40:6](../../../kjv/psalms/40/6) . [Isaiah 48:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/48/8) ; [Isaiah 50:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/50/5) and see note on [Hebrews 10:5](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/5) . **for ever** . Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Whole). App-6 . A time put for limited time; "for life", or till the jubilee, [Leviticus 25:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/13) , [Leviticus 25:28](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/28) , [Leviticus 25:40](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/40) , [Leviticus 25:41](../../../kjv/leviticus/25/41) . **a man** . Hebrew. *'ish* . See App-14 . **nation** = people. **power** = authority. **God** Hebrew. *Elohim.* deliver. Hebrew idiom, b which God is said to do what He allows to be done. deliver. Hebrew permit him to meet, or come. **guile . . . thou** . Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ); between these two words, supply: "and then seek refuge t Mine altar". **smiteth** . Here and elsewhere in this chapter (except [Exodus 21:26](../../../kjv/exodus/21/26) ), to smite to death, or seriously. **a man** . (Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .) Aramaean and Septuagint add "of the sons of Israel". **curseth** , or revileth. Compare [Matthew 15:4](../../../kjv/matthew/15/4) .[Mark 7:1](../../../kjv/mark/7/1) **men** . Hebrew, plural *of 'ish, or'enesh.* See App-14 . one. Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 . another his neighbor. **punished** = avenged. **money** . Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , money put for the servant ho earns it. **child . . . so** . Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ); supply "who intervenes". **punished** = amerced, or fined. The laws of Khammurabi distinguished between three classes (ยงยง209, 211, 213). Here it is *any* woman. See App-15 . **life** = soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* See App-13 . **Eye for eye** , &c. *Lex talionis,* eight particulars for completeness ( App-10 ), seven in separate category (verses: [Exodus 21:24](../../../kjv/exodus/21/24) , [Exodus 21:26](../../../kjv/exodus/21/26) ). These laws made prisons unnecessary, and prevented crime. **go free** . By Code of Khammurabi, the master was compensated, 199 (see App-15 ). Compare [Deuteronomy 4:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/8) . **smite** . Not the same word as elsewhere in this chapter. **ransom** . Implying that death-penalties were in certain cases commutable. Compare [Exodus 30:12](../../../kjv/exodus/30/12) and [Psalms 49:8](../../../kjv/psalms/49/8) . Psa 49:32 shekels. 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