I4 But if a man come preſumptuouſly 4 upon his neigh- bour toſlay him with guile, * thou ſhalt take him from mine Altar ethat he may die.
4 ( i. e. ) Do this proudly, boldly, purpoſely and maliciouſly ; for ſo the word ſignifies. e Whichnot only in the Wilderneſs, but afterward,ſcems to have been eſteemed a place of refuge, 1 Kings 1: 50: as it alſowas among the Heathens : But God ſo far abhors mur- rher,that he will rather venture the pollution of his own Altar, than the eſcape of the murtherer. See 2 Kings 11: 15:
15 And hethat {miteth e his father, orhis mother, ſhall be ſurely put tedeath.
e Either 1. So as is before mentioned,verſe 12. ſo as they die, And ro ſmite ſometimes ſignifies 70 kT, as Gen: 4: 15: 2 Kings 14; 5: com- pared with 2 Chron: 25:3. And this may be here added by way of diſtinQion. 9: 4. Thatkilling of another man which is puniſhed with death, muſt be done preſumpruouſly ; but the killing ef Parents,tho not done preſumptuouſly, 15a capital crime. Or 2. the meer ſmi- ting ofthem, to wit, wilfully, and dangerouſly. Nor will any think chis Law too ſevere, that conſiders that this is an a& full of horrid
this agree with Dekr. 15. 17. Alſo unto thy maid-ſervant theu ſoalt do likewiſe? Anſw. 1. Diſtinguiſh perſons. She Dear: r5. was ſold by her ſelf, and that ro meer ſervirude;this here was ſold by her Father,
mot only for ſervice, but in order to her Mariiage, as the following
impiety againſt God, who hath ſoexpreſly and emphatically com«= manded Children to honour their Parents; of higheſt and moſt ug« natural ingratitude, and utterly deſtruQtive to humane Society.
$6 And he that ftcaleth a man and {jlleth him, gy 16
tween Men-ſervants and Maid-ſervants was only in the Rites uſed,in
who hath betrothed T Heb: 5s
Knowingly and wilfully, as appears by the next verſe. z Nei- E£v:24; ir the friends of the Party ſlain,nor the Magiſtrate, ſhall give him 77-
him into his hand 5, then* I will appoint thee a place om Jeſb; 20;
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Chap. XXI. hebe found in his hand f, he ſhall ſurely be put to ;
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death.
f(3.e,) Ir the Man Realer's hand ; 9. d. though he keephim in his own hands for bis own uſe; for ſti!l it is a thetr, and he ismade that man's ſlave, and it is in his power to fell him to another when he pleaſeth,ard rherefore deferves death.
17 And* he that + curferh * his father or his mother, * Lev:20: ſhall ſurely be put to death- I | ; __ _ * Or, revileth, ro wit, willfully, maliciouſly, obſtinateiy againſt 2 ol admonition, by comparing Deur; 27: 18; EY Mt:rcra: 18 Andif men ftrive together, 2nd one {mite + ano- Mar. 7.16. ther with a ſtone g, or with his fift, and he dic not, +Or, ”e- but keep his bed : wileth. »& Or any other inſtrument T Or, 15 wfual Synecdoche. be neighbou'. 19 If he ariſe again, and walk abroad upon his ſtaff, ' then ſhall he that ſmote him be quit : only he ſhall pay Heb.ces. | for the loſs of his time b, and ſhall cauſe bir to be throughly healedz. h ( i.e, ) Of the prefir which he could, or commonly did mate ' "of histime in the way of his Calling; ( 7. e. ) Pay the charges otthe CUTE. 20 And if a man ſmite his ſeryant &, or his maid, with - arod ], and hedie under his hand »», he ſhall be ſurely
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fit for ſuch a miſchievous purpoſe. An
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verges, k Namely a ſtranger ; for an Iſ-aclite, was to be better uſed. See Lew. 25: 39, 40. Oe, 1 Afir and uſual Inftrument for correftion, whereby it is implied, that if he kill'd him with a Sword, or any ſuch Weapon, hz was to die for it, m (7,e.) Whilſt the Maſter is corre&ting him. » Not with death, for tient would have been |}
EXODUS.
ſaid fo. as it is before and after ; but as the Magiſtrate or Judge ſhal | think fir, according to the diverity of circumſtances ; and therefore * no particular puniſhment is ſer down, _
21 Norwithſtanding, if he continue aday or two, ie ,
ſhall not be puniſhed, for he is his money 0»
o (7.e,{ His poſſ-Tion bought with his money ; and therefore, r: ;
hail a power to chaſtiie him according ro his demerir, which might |
be very great, 2: Is ſufficiently puniſhed with his own loſs, 3:
. May be preſumed not to have done this purpoſely and maliciouſly. : 22 If men ſtrive and hurta woman with child p, to
thar her fruit depart from her, and yet no miſchief fol-
low 9, he {ball be ſurely puniſhed according as the wo-
mans husband will lay upon him, and he ſhall pay as the
Judges determine r. > Towit, the Wife of the other perſon, who interpoſed her ſe]f to ſuccour her Husbind, 9 Neither to the Woman, nor Chi!d ; for It is generally ſo as to reach borh, in caſe the abortive had iif2 in it. r The Husband thall impoſe the fine, and, if it be unrealonable, the Judges ſhall have a power ro moderate ir. 23 And if any miſchicf s follow, then thou T $halt
vive life for life,
s Either to the Mother, or to the Chi!d, whether it be death, or any maim or miſchief, F Who? Avſw. Nor the private perſon, which would have introduced infinite miſchiefs ard confuſions, bur the Magiſtrate ; for theſe Laws are given ro Moſes, and the execution of theſe things was committed to Meſes,. ard others under him. -
24 * Eye for cye r, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,
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* Lev.24;
2 foot for foor, pry 19- t# This iscalled the Law ofRetaliation,and from hence the Heathen
| Lawgivers took it and put it into their Laws. Bur though this might