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Exodus 21:1
1These are the laws that you must put in front of the Israelites:
Exodus 21:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
- New International Version (NIV)“These are the laws you are to set before them:
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Now these are the rules that you shall set before them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them:
Context of Exodus 21:1
These are the laws that you must put in front of the Israelites: 2If you buy an Israelite slave, he must work for you for six years. But in the seventh year he will become a free man. He can leave you. He does not have to pay you any money. 3If he came to you alone, he is free to leave alone. If he came with a wife, she can also leave with him.
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וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּשִׂ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 21:1
- Leviticus 18:5If they obey my rules and my laws, they will continue to live safely. I am the Lord.
- Leviticus 19:37They must obey all my rules. I am the Lord.’
- Leviticus 20:22If the people want to remain in the land that I am giving to them, they must obey my laws and my rules.
- Numbers 35:24If that happens, the people must judge who is right. They must choose between the killer and the dead person's relative. They must use those rules to decide if the man is a murderer.
- Deuteronomy 5:1Moses called all the Israelites to come together. He said to them: Listen, Israelites, to the rules and commands that I am teaching to you today. Learn them. Be careful to obey them.
- Deuteronomy 6:20One day, your children may say to you, ‘Please tell us about the rules and laws that the Lord our God commanded us to obey.’
- 1 Kings 6:12‘I will make my home in this temple that you are building. I will do everything for you that I promised to your father David. But you must obey my laws, rules and commands.
- 2 Chronicles 19:10You must warn the people who come from their towns and they ask you to judge an argument for them. The argument may be about a murder, or about anyone who has not obeyed God's laws, rules and commands. Whatever it is, you must warn people not to do things that the Lord says are wrong. If you do not warn them, God will be angry with you and the people of Judah. But if you do warn them, you will not be guilty of a sin.
- Nehemiah 9:13At Sinai mountain, you came down from heaven and you spoke to your people. You gave them your laws, rules and commands, which are good, fair and true.
- Nehemiah 10:29All these people joined with their leaders and they promised to obey the agreement. They agreed that God should punish them if they did not obey all of God's Law. That was the Law that God had given to his servant Moses. They promised very strongly to obey all the commands, rules and laws of the Lord, our Lord.
- Psalms 147:19He sends his message to Jacob's descendants. He gives his rules and laws to Israel's people.
- Ezekiel 20:11I gave them my laws and my commands. Anyone who obeyed them would enjoy a good life.
- Malachi 4:4‘Remember the rules that I gave to my servant Moses at Sinai mountain. Those rules and laws were for all the Israelites to obey.
- Exodus 19:7So Moses came back down from the mountain. He brought together all the leaders of the Israelites. He told them all the words that the Lord had commanded him.
- Exodus 24:3Moses went and he told the people all the Lord's commands and his teaching. The people answered together, ‘We will do everything that the Lord has told us.’
- Deuteronomy 4:5Look! I have taught you rules and laws, as the Lord my God told me to do. Now you must obey them when you go into the land where you will live.
Commentaries on Exodus 21:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Now these are the judgments - There is so much good sense, feeling, humanity, equity, and justice in the following laws, that they cannot but be admired by every intelligent reader; and they are so very plain as to require very little comment. The laws in this chapter are termed political, those in the succeeding chapter judicial, laws; and are supposed to have been delivered to Moses alone, in consequence of the request of the people, Exodus 20:19, that…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Judgments - i. e. decisions of the law.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Laws respecting servants. (1-11) Judicial laws. (12-21) Judicial laws. (22-36) Verses 1-11 The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us, yet they explain the moral law, and the rules of natural justice. The servant, in the state of servitude, was an emblem of that state of bondage to sin, Satan, and the law, which man is brought into by robbing God of his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The terms of the covenant are now expanded. The first section in 21:1–23:19 gives specific examples of the general principles stated in 20:3–17. The commitments to which God bound himself if the Israelites kept their side of the covenant are stated in 23:20–33. This passage also includes the blessings for obedience.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-61. judgments--rules for regulating the procedure of judges and magistrates in the decision of cases and the trial of criminals. The government of the Israelites being a theocracy, those public authorities were the servants of the Divine Sovereign, and subject to His direction. Most of these laws here noticed were primitive usages, founded on principles of natural equity, and incorporated, with modifications and improvements, in the Mosaic code.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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