Exodus 21:1
“Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them.
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 19:7Moses [Drawn out] came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Adonai enjoined him.
Leviticus 18:5You shall therefore keep my regulations and my judgments; which if a man does them, he shall live in them. + 18:5. Quoted in Luke 10:28; Rom 10:5; Gal 3:12 I am Adonai. (LY:6)
Leviticus 19:37“‘You shall observe all my regulations, and all my judgments, and do them. I am Adonai.’”
Numbers 35:24then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these judgments.
Deuteronomy 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as Adonai my God enjoined me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it.
Deuteronomy 4:14Adonai enjoined me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might do them in the land where you go 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 →