Thematic Bible
Exodus 21:1 (show verse)
These are the laws which thou shalt set before them:
Exodus 21:2 (show verse)
If thou buy a servant that is an Hebrew, sixth years he shall serve, and the seventh he shall go out free paying nothing.
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Creditor » Laws concerning
Creditors » Often exacted debts » By selling the debtor or taking him for a servant
Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Release of all hebrew servants
Israel » Also called israelites, and hebrews
Sabbatic year » Israelite bondservants set free in
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites to have their liberty after six years service
Creditor » Laws concerning
Creditors » Often exacted debts » By selling the debtor or taking him for a servant
Debtor » Laws concerning
Feast of sabbatical year » Enactments respecting » Release of all hebrew servants
Israel » Also called israelites, and hebrews
Sabbatic year » Israelite bondservants set free in
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » When israelites to have their liberty after six years service
Exodus 21:3 (show verse)
If he came alone, he shall go out alone: If he came married, his wife shall go out with him.
Exodus 21:4 (show verse)
And if his master have given him a wife and she have borne him sons or daughters: then the wife and her children shall be her master's and he shall go out alone.
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Property » Personal » In slaves
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » Rights of those born to a master
Servants » Slaves or bond » Could not when set free demand wives or children procured during servitude
Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Property » Personal » In slaves
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » Rights of those born to a master
Servants » Slaves or bond » Could not when set free demand wives or children procured during servitude
Exodus 21:5 (show verse)
But and if the servant say, 'I love my master and my wife and my children, I will not go out free.'
Business life » Employees » Faithful
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Ear » Bored as a sign of servitude
Faithful » Servants
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold as, refusing their liberty, to have their ears bored to the door
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Ear » Bored as a sign of servitude
Faithful » Servants
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold as, refusing their liberty, to have their ears bored to the door
Exodus 21:6 (show verse)
Then let his master bring him unto the judges and set him to the door or the doorpost, and bore his ear through with an awl, and let him be his servant forever.
Awl » A tool
Boring the ear » A token of servitude for life
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Ear » Bored as a sign of servitude
ears » Of servants who refused to leave their masters, bored to the door
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold as, refusing their liberty, to have their ears bored to the door
Boring the ear » A token of servitude for life
Contracts » Scriptures illustrative of the binding force of
Creditor » Laws concerning
Debtor » Laws concerning
Ear » Bored as a sign of servitude
ears » Of servants who refused to leave their masters, bored to the door
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Israelites sold as, refusing their liberty, to have their ears bored to the door
Exodus 21:7 (show verse)
"If a man sell his daughter to be a servant: she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Children » Sold in marriage, law concerning
Concubinage » Laws concerning
Daughter » Sold in concubinage
Divorce » Of servants, regulated by law
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » The master could marry, or give in marriage
Servants » Slaves or bond » Laws respecting marriage with female
Wife » Purchased
Concubinage » Laws concerning
Daughter » Sold in concubinage
Divorce » Of servants, regulated by law
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » The master could marry, or give in marriage
Servants » Slaves or bond » Laws respecting marriage with female
Wife » Purchased
Exodus 21:8 (show verse)
If she please not her master, so that he hath given her to no man to wife, then shall he let her go free: to sell her unto a strange nation shall he have no power, because he despised her.
Exodus 21:9 (show verse)
If he have promised her unto his son to wife, he shall deal with her as men do with their daughters.
Exodus 21:10 (show verse)
If he take him another wife, yet her food, raiment and duty of marriage shall he not minish.
Children » Sold in marriage, law concerning
Concubinage » Laws concerning
Daughter » Sold in concubinage
Polygamy » Tolerated
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » The master could marry, or give in marriage
Servants » Slaves or bond » Laws respecting marriage with female
Wife » Purchased
Concubinage » Laws concerning
Daughter » Sold in concubinage
Polygamy » Tolerated
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servant » Bond » The master could marry, or give in marriage
Servants » Slaves or bond » Laws respecting marriage with female
Wife » Purchased
Exodus 21:11 (show verse)
If he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free and pay no money.
Exodus 21:12 (show verse)
"He that smiteth a man that he die, shall be slain for it.
Exodus 21:13 (show verse)
If a man lay not await, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will point thee a place whither he shall flee.
Exodus 21:14 (show verse)
If a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar that he die.
Altar » In the tabernacle » A place of refuge
Altars » Afforded no protection to murderers
Cities of refuge » Afforded no asylum to murderers
Homicide » Punishment of
Homicide » Distinguished from murder
Murder » Described as killing » With premeditation
Murder » Persons guilty of » Had no protection from altars
Punishment » Capital Punishment » For capital offences
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Altars » Afforded no protection to murderers
Cities of refuge » Afforded no asylum to murderers
Homicide » Punishment of
Homicide » Distinguished from murder
Murder » Described as killing » With premeditation
Murder » Persons guilty of » Had no protection from altars
Punishment » Capital Punishment » For capital offences
Refuge » Cities of » From the avenger of blood
Exodus 21:15 (show verse)
And he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die for it.
Assault and battery » Laws concerning
Children » Punishment of
Children » Rebellious, punished by the civil power
wicked Children » Punishment of, for » Cursing parents
wicked Children » Punishment of, for » Smiting parents
Parents » Those that smite their parents
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Death penalty » Cursing » Parents
Children » Punishment of
Children » Rebellious, punished by the civil power
wicked Children » Punishment of, for » Cursing parents
wicked Children » Punishment of, for » Smiting parents
Parents » Those that smite their parents
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Death penalty » Cursing » Parents
Exodus 21:16 (show verse)
"He that stealeth a man and selleth him, if it be proved upon him, shall be slain for it.
Exodus 21:17 (show verse)
And he that curseth his father or mother, shall be put to death for it.
Exodus 21:18 (show verse)
If men strive together and one smite another with a stone or with his fist, so that he die not, but lieth in bed:
Exodus 21:19 (show verse)
if he rise again and walk without upon his staff, then shall he that smote him go quit: save only he shall bear his charges while he lay in bed and pay for his healing.
Exodus 21:20 (show verse)
"If a man smite his servant or his maid with a staff that they die under his hand, it shall be avenged.
Exodus 21:21 (show verse)
But and if they continue a day or two, it shall not be avenged for they are his money.
Exodus 21:22 (show verse)
"When men strive and smite a woman with child so that her fruit depart from her and yet no misfortune followeth: then shall he be amerced, according as the woman's husband will lay to his charge, and he shall pay as the daysmen appoint him.
Exodus 21:23 (show verse)
"But and if any misfortune follow, then shall he pay life for life;
Exodus 21:24 (show verse)
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus 21:25 (show verse)
burning for burning, wound for wound and stripe for stripe.
Exodus 21:26 (show verse)
If a man smite his servant or his maid in the eye and put it out, he shall let them go free for the eye's sake.
Exodus 21:27 (show verse)
Also, if he smite out his servant's or his maid's tooth, he shall let them go out free for the tooth's sake.
Exodus 21:28 (show verse)
If an ox gore a man or a woman that they die, then the ox shall be stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten: and his master shall go quit.
Exodus 21:29 (show verse)
If the ox were wont to run at men in time past and it hath been told his master, and he hath not kept him, but that he hath killed a man or a woman: then the ox shall be stoned and his master shall die also.
Animals » Laws concerning
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Homicide » Accidental
Horns » Used offensively
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Killing a man, to be stoned
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Punishment » Capital Punishment » For capital offences
Punishments » Were sometimes commuted
Trespass » Of an ox
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Homicide » Accidental
Horns » Used offensively
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Killing a man, to be stoned
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Punishment » Capital Punishment » For capital offences
Punishments » Were sometimes commuted
Trespass » Of an ox
Exodus 21:30 (show verse)
If he be set to a sum of money, then he shall give for the deliverance of his life, according to all that is put unto him.
Animals » Laws concerning
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Homicide » Accidental
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Killing a man, to be stoned
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Punishments » Were sometimes commuted
Ransom » Of a man's life
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Trespass » Of an ox
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Homicide » Accidental
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Killing a man, to be stoned
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Punishments » Were sometimes commuted
Ransom » Of a man's life
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Trespass » Of an ox
Exodus 21:31 (show verse)
And whether he hath gored a son or a daughter, he shall be served after the same manner.
Animals » Laws concerning
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Homicide » Accidental
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Killing a man, to be stoned
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Trespass » Of an ox
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Homicide » Accidental
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Killing a man, to be stoned
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Trespass » Of an ox
Exodus 21:32 (show verse)
But if it be a servant or a maid that the ox hath gored, then he shall give unto their master the sum of thirty sicles, and the ox shall be stoned.
Animals » Laws concerning
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Homicide » Accidental
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Killing a man, to be stoned
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Masters to be recompensed for injury done to
Trespass » Of an ox
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Homicide » Accidental
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Killing a man, to be stoned
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Masters to be recompensed for injury done to
Trespass » Of an ox
Exodus 21:33 (show verse)
"If a man open a well or dig a pit and cover it not, but that an ox or an ass fall therein,
Exodus 21:34 (show verse)
the owner of the pit shall make it good and give money unto their master, and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus 21:35 (show verse)
If one man's ox hurt another's that he die: then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money, and the dead ox also they shall divide.
Animals » Laws concerning
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Mode of reparation for one, killing another
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Trespass » Of an ox
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Mode of reparation for one, killing another
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Trespass » Of an ox
Exodus 21:36 (show verse)
But and if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time's past, then because his master hath not kept him, he shall pay ox for ox, and the dead shall be his own."
Animals » Laws concerning
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Mode of reparation for one, killing another
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Restitution
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Trespass » Of an ox
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Oxen » Laws respecting » Mode of reparation for one, killing another
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Restitution
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Trespass » Of an ox