Exodus 21:1
And these [are] the judgments which you set before them:
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 19:7And Moses comes, and calls for [the] elderly of the people, and sets before them all these words which YHWH has commanded him;
Leviticus 18:5And you have kept My statutes and My judgments which man does and lives in them; I [am] YHWH.
Leviticus 19:37and you have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I [am] YHWH.”
Numbers 35:24then the congregation has judged between the striker and the redeemer of blood by these judgments.
Deuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as my God YHWH has commanded me, to do so in the midst of the land to where you are going in to possess it;
Deuteronomy 4:14And YHWH has commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, for your doing them in the land to where you are passing over to possess it.
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 →