Exodus 21:1
And these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 called the elders of the people, and he set before them all these words, which God appointed them.
Leviticus 18:5So ye shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:37And ye shall keep all my law and all my ordinances, and ye shall do them: I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 35:24then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood, according to these judgments.
Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have shown you ordinances and judgments as the Lord commanded me, that ye should do so in the land into which ye go to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 4:14And the Lord commanded me at that time, to teach you ordinances and judgments, that ye should do them on the land, into which ye go to inherit 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 →