Exodus 21:33

And when a man shall open a well, or when he shall dig a pit and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein,

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In The King James Version

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

In Context

32If the oxe gore a seruant or a mayde, hee shall giue vnto their master thirtie shekels of siluer, and the oxe shalbe stoned.

34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and giue money to the owners thereof, but the dead beast shalbe his.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:15The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.

Proverbs 28:10He that causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shall fall into his owne pit, and the vpright shall inherite good things.

Jeremiah 18:20Shall euill be recompensed for good? for they haue digged a pit for my soule: remember that I stood before thee, to speake good for the, and to turne away thy wrath from them.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:23-36

22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall… Read the whole commentary →

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