Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
General references
Bible References
For the ransom
Exodus 21:22
“When men get in a fight and hit a pregnant woman so that her children are born prematurely but there is no injury, the one who hit her must be fined as the woman’s husband demands from him, and he must pay according to judicial assessment.
Exodus 30:12
“When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for himself to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.
Numbers 35:31
You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of killing someone; he must be put to death.
Proverbs 13:8 Riches are a ransom for a man’s life,
but a poor man hears no threat.
but a poor man hears no threat.
General references
Exodus 21:34
the owner of the pit must give compensation; he must pay money to its owner, but the dead animal will become his.