Exodus 21:1
Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 19:7And Moses came and sent for the chiefs of the people and put before them all these words which the Lord had given him orders to say.
Leviticus 18:5So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:37You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.
Numbers 35:24Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:
Deuteronomy 4:5I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.
Deuteronomy 4:14And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:1
The laws recorded in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they are not accommodated to our constitution, especially in point of servitude, nor are the penalties annexed binding on us, yet they are of great use for the explanation of the moral law, and the rules of natural justice. Here are several enlargements, I. Upon the fifth commandment, which concerns particular relations. 1. The duty of masters towards their servants, their men-servants ( ver. 2-6 ), and the maidservants, ver.… Read the whole commentary →