Exodus 21:1
“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 19:7So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.
Leviticus 18:5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:37You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
Numbers 35:24then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
Deuteronomy 4:14At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
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 →