1.
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
the judgments: Leviticus 18:5, Leviticus 18:26, Leviticus 19:37, Leviticus 20:22, Numbers 35:24, Numbers 36:13, Deuteronomy 5:1, Deuteronomy 5:31, Deuteronomy 6:20, 1 Kings 6:12, 2 Chronicles 19:10, Nehemiah 9:13, Nehemiah 9:14, Nehemiah 10:29, Psalms 147:19, Ezekiel 20:11, Ezekiel 20:25, Malachi 4:4
which: Exodus 19:7, Exodus 24:3, Exodus 24:4, Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 4:8, Deuteronomy 4:14, Deuteronomy 4:45, Deuteronomy 6:20, Matthew 28:20, 1 Thessalonians 4:1
Reciprocal: Exodus 34:32 - he gave Ezra 7:26 - whether it be Nehemiah 5:5 - we Psalms 19:9 - judgments Jeremiah 34:14 - At the Acts 7:38 - who
2.
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
an Hebrew: Exodus 12:44, Exodus 22:3, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 27:36, Leviticus 25:39-41, Leviticus 25:44, 2 Kings 4:1, Nehemiah 5:1-5, Nehemiah 5:8, Matthew 18:25, 1 Corinthians 6:20
and in the: Leviticus 25:40-43, Leviticus 25:45, Deuteronomy 15:1, Deuteronomy 15:12-15, Deuteronomy 15:18, Deuteronomy 31:10, Jeremiah 34:8-17
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:13 - bought Exodus 21:7 - go out Exodus 21:11 - General Leviticus 25:54 - then Deuteronomy 15:13 - General Romans 7:14 - sold
3.
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
by himself: Heb. with his body, Deuteronomy 15:12-14
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:7 - go out Leviticus 25:40 - General Leviticus 25:41 - then shall Leviticus 25:54 - then
4.
If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
shall be her: Exodus 4:22, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 15:3, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 18:19, Ecclesiastes 2:7, Jeremiah 2:14
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:2 - obtain children
5.
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
And if: Deuteronomy 15:16, Deuteronomy 15:17, Isaiah 26:13, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15
shall plainly say: Heb. saying shall say
6.
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.
the judges: Exodus 21:22, Exodus 12:12, Exodus 18:21-26, Exodus 22:8, Exodus 22:9, Exodus 22:28, Numbers 25:5-8, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 19:17, Deuteronomy 19:18, 1 Samuel 8:1, 1 Samuel 8:2, Isaiah 1:26, Zephaniah 3:3
bore his ear: This significant ceremony was intended as a mark of permanent servitude, and was calculated to impress the servant with the duty of hearing all his master's orders, and obeying them punctually. Psalms 40:6-8
for ever: Leviticus 25:23, Leviticus 25:40, Deuteronomy 15:17, 1 Samuel 1:22, 1 Samuel 27:12, 1 Samuel 28:2, 1 Kings 12:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:8 - everlasting Deuteronomy 15:16 - General Job 41:4 - a servant Psalms 82:1 - the gods
7.
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
sell: Nehemiah 5:5
go out: Exodus 21:2, Exodus 21:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 31:15 - sold us Deuteronomy 21:14 - thou shalt Isaiah 50:1 - or which
8.
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
please not: Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc. Genesis 28:8, Judges 14:3, 1 Samuel 8:6, 1 Samuel 18:8, *marg.
who hath: Deuteronomy 20:7, Deuteronomy 21:11-14
seeing: Exodus 8:29, Judges 9:19, Job 6:15, Malachi 2:11-15
Reciprocal: Ruth 4:2 - the elders
9.
And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
betrothed her unto: Exodus 22:17, Genesis 38:11, Leviticus 22:13
10.
If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
her food: Sheairah, "her flesh;" he shall not only afford her a sufficient quantity of food, as before, but of the same quality. She is not to be fed, like a common slave, with a sufficiency of bread, vegetables, milk, etc., but with her customary supply of flesh, and other agreeable articles of food. 1 Corinthians 7:1-6
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:1 - hath taken 1 Corinthians 7:3 - General
11.
And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
12.
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Exodus 20:13, Genesis 9:6, Leviticus 24:17, Numbers 35:16-24, Numbers 35:30, Numbers 35:31, Deuteronomy 19:11-13, 2 Samuel 12:13, Matthew 26:52
Reciprocal: Genesis 9:5 - every Deuteronomy 17:8 - between blood Deuteronomy 27:24 - General 2 Samuel 3:28 - guiltless 2 Samuel 3:39 - I am 2 Samuel 4:11 - require 1 Kings 20:37 - Smite me 2 Kings 14:5 - that he slew Ezekiel 16:38 - shed Ezekiel 18:10 - a shedder Matthew 5:21 - and
13.
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
lie not: Numbers 35:11, Numbers 35:22, Deuteronomy 19:4-6, Deuteronomy 19:11, Micah 7:2
God: 1 Samuel 24:4, 1 Samuel 24:10, 1 Samuel 24:18, 2 Samuel 16:10, Isaiah 10:7
I will appoint: Numbers 35:11, Deuteronomy 4:41-43, Deuteronomy 19:1-3, Deuteronomy 19:9, Joshua 20:2-9
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 19:2 - separate three cities Judges 4:7 - deliver 2 Samuel 14:14 - he devise Daniel 3:14 - true
14.
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
presumptuously: Numbers 15:30, Numbers 15:31, Deuteronomy 1:43, Deuteronomy 17:12, Deuteronomy 17:13, Deuteronomy 18:22, Deuteronomy 19:11-13, 1 Kings 2:29-34, Psalms 19:13, Hebrews 10:26, 2 Peter 2:10
slay: Numbers 35:20, Numbers 35:21, Deuteronomy 27:24, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 20:9, 2 Samuel 20:10
take him: 1 Kings 1:50, 1 Kings 1:51, 1 Kings 2:28-34, 2 Kings 11:15
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:13 - General Numbers 35:31 - Moreover Joshua 20:2 - Appoint 1 Kings 2:31 - Do 2 Kings 11:8 - he that cometh 2 Chronicles 23:7 - whosoever 2 Chronicles 23:14 - Have her forth 2 Chronicles 25:3 - he slew Psalms 51:16 - desirest Proverbs 28:17 - General Daniel 3:14 - true 1 Timothy 1:9 - manslayers
15.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
To smite either father or mother, in a manner which indicated either contempt or malice, or left marks of violence, was deemed a proof of so ungrateful and unnatural a disposition, that no provocation was admitted as an excuse, but the offence was made capital: nay, he who cursed his father or mother, who uttered imprecations, ill wishes, or revilings, against a parent, was included in the same sense; though few crimes were made capital by the law of Moses. The law of God, as delegated to parents is honoured when they are honoured, and despised when they are despised, and to rebel against the lawful exercise of this authority is rebellion against God. - Rev. T. Scott Deuteronomy 21:18-21, Deuteronomy 27:24, Proverbs 30:11, Proverbs 30:17, 1 Timothy 1:9
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:12 - Honour Leviticus 19:3 - fear
16.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
stealeth: Genesis 40:15, Deuteronomy 24:7, 1 Timothy 1:10, Revelation 18:12
selleth him: Genesis 37:28
found in: Exodus 22:4
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:13 - bought Genesis 37:27 - sell him Exodus 20:15 - General Nehemiah 5:8 - sell your Ephesians 4:28 - him that Revelation 18:13 - slaves
17.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
curseth: or, revilteth, Leviticus 20:9, Deuteronomy 27:16, Proverbs 20:20, Proverbs 30:11, Proverbs 30:17, Matthew 15:3-6, Mark 7:10, Mark 7:11
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:12 - Honour Exodus 22:28 - nor curse Leviticus 19:3 - fear Deuteronomy 21:18 - obey the voice 2 Samuel 15:3 - there is Ezekiel 22:7 - set Matthew 15:4 - He
18.
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
men: Exodus 21:22, Exodus 2:13, Deuteronomy 25:11, 2 Samuel 14:6
another: or, his neighbour
a stone: Exodus 21:20, Numbers 35:16-24
Reciprocal: Numbers 35:17 - throwing a stone
19.
If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
upon his staff: 2 Samuel 3:29, Zechariah 8:4
only he shall pay: This was a wise and excellent institution. The same provision is made in the civil law; and most courts of justice still regulate their decisions in such cases by this Mosaic precept.
the loss: Heb. his ceasing
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:27 - smite
20.
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
smite: Exodus 21:26, Exodus 21:27, Deuteronomy 19:21, Proverbs 29:19, Isaiah 58:3, Isaiah 58:4
he shall: Genesis 9:6, Numbers 35:30-33
punished: Heb. avenged, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 4:24, Numbers 35:19, Romans 13:4
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:13 - General Exodus 21:18 - a stone Leviticus 19:20 - she shall be scourged Deuteronomy 17:8 - between blood Job 31:13 - the cause
21.
Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Leviticus 25:45, Leviticus 25:46
Reciprocal: Genesis 37:27 - sell him Exodus 23:9 - thou shalt not Leviticus 19:20 - she shall be scourged Job 31:13 - the cause
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, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
strive: Exodus 21:18
as the judges: Exodus 21:30, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 22:18, Deuteronomy 22:19
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:6 - the judges Deuteronomy 17:8 - between blood 2 Kings 23:33 - put Matthew 5:38 - An eye
23.
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
life for life: Numbers 35:31
Reciprocal: Leviticus 24:20 - General Deuteronomy 19:21 - life shall Judges 1:7 - as I have Revelation 13:10 - that leadeth Revelation 18:6 - Reward
24.
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
This is the earliest account we have of the פבץפןנבטויב, tautopatheia, Lex Talionis, law of like for like. Exodus 21:26, Exodus 21:27, Leviticus 24:19, Leviticus 24:20, Deuteronomy 19:21, Judges 1:6, Judges 1:7, 1 Samuel 15:33, Matthew 5:38-40, Matthew 7:2, Luke 6:38, Revelation 16:6
25.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26.
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Exodus 21:20, Deuteronomy 16:19, Nehemiah 5:5, Job 31:13-15, Psalms 9:12, Psalms 10:14, Psalms 10:18, Psalms 72:12-14, Proverbs 22:22, Proverbs 22:23, Ephesians 6:9, Colossians 4:1
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:24 - General
27.
And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
smite: Exodus 21:19
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:20 - smite Exodus 21:24 - General Job 31:13 - the cause
28.
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 shall be quit.
the ox: Exodus 21:32, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Leviticus 20:15, Leviticus 20:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:14 - thou art Exodus 19:13 - whether Deuteronomy 17:8 - between blood Deuteronomy 22:8 - then thou shalt
29.
But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
his owner also: Deuteronomy 21:1-9
Reciprocal: Genesis 9:5 - every Exodus 19:13 - whether Exodus 20:13 - General Exodus 21:32 - and the ox Exodus 21:34 - General Exodus 21:36 - General
30.
If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
for the ransom: Exodus 21:22, Exodus 30:12, Numbers 35:31-33, Proverbs 13:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 21:34 - General 1 Kings 20:39 - or else
31.
Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
judgment: or, sentence, Exodus 21:31
Reciprocal: Habakkuk 3:6 - and measured
32.
If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Genesis 37:28, Zechariah 11:12, Zechariah 11:13, Matthew 26:15, Matthew 27:3-9, Philippians 2:7
and the ox: Exodus 21:28, Exodus 21:29
Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:16 - and the beast Matthew 27:9 - thirty
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;
Psalms 9:15, Psalms 119:85, Proverbs 28:10, Ecclesiastes 10:8, Jeremiah 18:20, Jeremiah 18:22
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:6 - he that kindled the fire Leviticus 24:21 - a beast
34.
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus 21:29, Exodus 21:30, Exodus 22:6, Exodus 22:14
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:5 - shall he make restitution Leviticus 24:18 - that killeth
35.
And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
36.
Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.