Exodus 21:33

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it,

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In The King James Version

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;

In Context

32If the ox gores a man-servant or a maid-servant, there shall be given to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

34the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to the owner of it, and the dead [beast] shall be his.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

Proverbs 28:10He who causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit. But the perfect shall inherit good.

Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:23-36

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. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 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… Read the whole commentary →

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