Exodus 21:1
“These are the regulations you are to present to them:
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In The King James Version
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
In Context
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Exodus 19:7So Moses went back down and summoned the elders of the people, and presented to them everything the Lord had ordered him to say.
Leviticus 18:5If you keep my rules and do what I tell you, you will live. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:37Keep all my rules and regulations, and make sure you follow them. I am the Lord.”
Numbers 35:24then the community must judge between the killer and the avenger following these regulations.
Deuteronomy 4:5Listen, I have taught you the rules and regulations just as the Lord my God ordered me to do, so you can follow them in the country that you are about to enter and take over.
Deuteronomy 4:14This was the time that the Lord ordered me to teach you the rules and regulations that you are to follow when you arrive in the country you're going to own once you've crossed the Jordan.
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 →