Exodus 21:1
“Now these are the decrees that you must set before them:
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
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Exodus 19:7So Moses came and summoned the elders of the people. He set before them all these words that Yahweh had commanded him.
Leviticus 18:5Therefore you must keep my decrees and my laws. If a person obeys them, he will live because of them. I am Yahweh.
Leviticus 19:37You must obey all my decrees and all my laws, and do them. I am Yahweh.'”
Numbers 35:24In that case, the community must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood on the basis of these rules.
Deuteronomy 4:5Look, I have taught you laws and decrees, as Yahweh my God had commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land which you are going into in order to possess it.
Deuteronomy 4:14Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, so that you might do them in the land that you are crossing over to take possession of.
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 →