The book celebrates and memorializes this great saving event in song and story and also the awesome revelation and covenant at mt. Not equally, for so the owner of the mischievous ox might be the gainer by the mischief. Cassuto says at the beginning of his discussion of chapter 19, now begins the most sublime section in the whole book. In gods timing, the exodus of the israelites from egypt marked the end of a period of oppression for abrahams descendants genesis 15. Who hath betrothed her to himself for a concubine, or secondary wife. Posted on 17 oct 2010 to 15,700 followers, with 18 retweets. Exodus 21, new international version niv the bible app. These next three chapters present laws establishing. This made male hebrew slavery more like a kind of longterm labor contract among individuals, and less like the kind of permanent exploitation that has. David guzik commentary on exodus 21, where god gives certain laws to direct the judges of the nation, including the law about the willing bondslave. What kind of a father sells his daughter into slavery. But they were to be treated fairly and in accordance with gods law.
There are more types of christ in this book than perhaps in any other book of the old testament. Chm in his notes on the book of exodus is very good on this entire chapter and i. The ten commandments are some of the most influential words in the entire bible, and theyve influenced thousands of years of western thinking. Exodus 25 offerings for the tabernacle the lord bible. Employment law regarding the treatment of servants. The word exodus is derived from a greek word meaning departure. I am going to suggest that the bondage and the affliction in exodus is not the worst that they will ever see mt 24. Remember, the entire mosaic law could be divided into three parts. The global message of exodus the continued story of redemptive history. For the relation of exodus to the other books of the pentateuch, see ap. These are all of the chapters of the book of exodus. Now viewing scripture range from the book of exodus chapter 21. Here in exodus 21 are judgments god gave to the children of israel for them to do based on things that happen within their community between each other. Chapter 21 is the beginning of the judgments revealed in the law of moses.
We saw in chapter 11 how the lord began the revelation of the law for israel with the ten. And put the testimony into the ark that is, the two tables on which the ten commandments had been written. Exodus 21 niv bible these are the laws you are to set. Moses said to joshua, choose some of our men and go out to fight the amalekites. Summary of the book of exodus the story of the bible. Most laws, like the ones in this chapter and following, were established in answer to specific cases. After verse seven in the first chapter of the book of exodus israel is noticed by the egyptians as being great in number and prosperous. The book of exodus bible study chapters 15 red sea baptism and the song of victory. Naboth of jezreel had a vineyard close by the palace of ahab king of samaria, 2 and ahab said to naboth, give me your vineyard to be my vegetable garden, since it adjoins my palace. Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. But then a new pharaoh comes to power, and he starts enslaving the israelites. But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman.
The ten commandments were given without a preceding cause, making them unique in the law codes of the ancient near east. Exodus chapter 21 verse 24 eye for an eye esoteric meanings. In the third month after the children of israel had gone out of the land of egypt, on the same day, they came to the wilderness of sinai. Bible study book of exodus 14 red sea baptism into christ. Every part of exodus shows gods interest in human affairs.
If a slave married after his slavery, he was freed without his wife. These may be things, people, or events that picture and point forward to christ and his work. Intro to exodus biblica the international bible society. Baruch korman phd presents a detailed analysis, interpretation and understanding of the book of exodus chapter 21 part 2. In exodus 5, moses and aaron speak to pharaoh and call for their people to go for a 3day journey into the desertwilderness in order to worship their god. Exodus is a latin word derived from greek exodos, the name given to the book by those who translated it into greek. Exodus overview john gills exposition on the whole bible. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. No doubt the laws contained in the book of the covenant were to a large extent old laws, which had been often acted on. Bible survery exodus hebrew name velleh shemoth these are the names greek name exodus departure author moses date from.
Exodus overview matthew henrys complete commentary on the. After the manner of daughters he shall give her a portion, as to a daughter. Traditionally this has been applied to justify acts of violence in the name of god and religion. The book of exodus has a very vital connection with the new testament in the form of types and anti types. Unfortunately the chapter is seldom, if ever, brought into the discussion of marriage, much less of divorce, the reason being that the oneflesh relationship under discussion that chapter is one involving concubines.
Study guide for exodus 21 by david guzik blue letter bible. Even in our daytoday lives, the ten commandments resonate with how people think about right and wrong. The book of exodus bible study chapter 14 the red sea baptism into christ. Literary structure chiasm, chiasmus of book of exodus.
The abiding value of exodus is its revelation of the nature of god. Audio bible book of leviticus chapter 120 duration. The book of exodus is the second book in the old testament and comes after the book of genesis. The way of mans reconciliation to god, and coming into covenant and communion with him by a mediator, is here variously represented. When exodus begins, the hebrews had been in egypt for about 400 years. Exodus is part of the torah, first 5 books written, we believe, by moses and the book tells us how the hebrew people made their way out of egypt. Exodus means going out or the way out, and thus it describes israels. The book exodus is one of the great books of the pentateuch and of the whole bible.
Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of exodus in the bible new international version. Liability for ones animals and responsibility for the animals of others. Exodus 21 in 140 characters or less if you buy a hebrew slave he shall go free in the seventh year. Exodus 19 the nation of israel comes to mount sinai a. The original purpose of exodus was to help the people of israel understand their identity as gods special people, and to learn about their covenant obligations to him. I will give you a better vineyard for it or, if you prefer, i will give you its. The ark, the golden table with the shewbread, the golden candlestick, and the golden altar of incense, were all in the tabernacle, within the veil or curtains, which served as a door, exodus 40. Baruch korman phd presents a detailed analysis, interpretation and understanding of the book of exodus chapter 21 part 1. The book of exodus chapter 21 22 16 of 26 harley howard now that we have looked at the ten commandments, let us look at the many other laws or regulations that were to govern the nation israel. If he was married before slavery, his wife would be freed with him. Exodus bible book with full chapters new international. The lines of gods revelation of himself that were drawn in the lives of individuals in genesis come together in this book in a.
The book of exodus was written between 1440 and 1400 b. Exodus 21 niv these are the laws you are to set bible gateway. For ever as long as he lives, or till the year of jubilee. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. A on the morning of the third day there were peals of thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain 19. In view of this the book of exodus seems to fall into seven distinct sections. Manna was the bread that god provided from heaven for the children of israel to eat. There are more types of christ in this book than perhaps in any other book of the old testament for moses wrote of him, john 5. If thou buy an hebrew servant, six years he shall serve. All the words that the lord has spoken, we will do.
The paperback bible presents the bible by the book and is designed to be portable, readable, and truly personal with ample margins for notations. The name was retained by the latin vulgate, by the jewish author philo a contemporary of christ and by the syriac version. In the hebrew bible, the opening words, and or now, these are the names, served as the title. Exodus 19, new international version niv the bible app. The title in the greek, latin, and english versions means a going out, referring to the seminal event of the liberation of israel from egyptian bondage through the wondrous acts and power of god. Finding the hearts true home by margaret minnicks 4.
Although god liberated the hebrews from slavery in egypt, slavery is not universally prohibited in the bible. In the seventeenth chapter of the book of exodus is recorded the famed story of joshuas fight against the amalekites. Not that masters always took maid servants on these terms. Joseph was already in egypt 6 now joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, 7. Exodus chapters 2123 contain many laws on a wide variety of subjects, including. A father might sell his children into servitude exodus 21. The amalekites came and attacked the israelites at rephidim.
He also appears on the israeli television program pdut lamo where he teaches each week from the bible this program is in hebrew. Types, shadows, and symbols of christ seen by the church. Matthew henrys commentary on the whole bible exodus. The salient portion of the account reads as follows. In the seventh year he will leave a free man without paying compensation. The israelites are right where we left them in genesis, hanging out in egypt and multiplying.
Book of exodus bible study chapter 5 10 the purpose of god and the purpose of satan book of exodus bible study chapter 12 the passover gods emphasis concerning the cross book of exodus bible study chapter 14 the red sea baptism into christ. Unlike many contemporary scholars, he believes it is possible to distinguish exodus e from exodus j. Exodus, leviticus, numbers, and deuteronomy is a conjunction. By i gordon in our last study in the book of exodus we looked at chapter 14 and what we called the red sea baptism into christ. Moses was the author of the book of exodus exodus 17. Exodus 21 these are the laws you are to set bible gateway. Exodus 21 new american bible revised edition nabre chapter 21. For instance, as in our modern times, if we run a red light, the. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give. The apostle paul tells us that this episode is a type of baptism. The greek septuagint lxx, and the latin vulgate versions of the old testament assigned the title exodus to this second book of moses, because the departure of israel from egypt is the dominant historical fact in the book 19. This book is called by the jews veelleh shemoth, from the first words with which it begins, and sometimes sepher shemoth, and sometimes only shemoth.
The book of exodus is the second book of the bible and describes the exodus, which includes the israelites deliverance from slavery in egypt through the hand of yahweh, the revelations at biblical mount sinai, and the subsequent divine indwelling of god with israel exodus is traditionally ascribed to moses, but modern scholars see its initial composition as a product of the. The way of mans reconciliation to god, and coming into covenant and communion with him by a mediator, is here variously represented and it is of great use to us for the illustration of the new testament, now that. The first six verses of exodus tie it effectively to genesis. The book of exodus continues the story of the redemptive history that god began in the book of genesis.
And it shall be when the lord shall bring thee into the land of the canaanites, and the hittites, and the amorites, and the hivites, and the jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. Exodus 1924 chapters 19 through 24 of exodus are among the most important chapters in that book as well as in the entire old testament. It describes one of the key episodes in the history of salvation. The idea of women and women of lower classes having such rights. Exodus chapter 21 verse 24 eye for an eye this article takes a big lead from a youtube talk by bill donahue and is part of a talk discussing the book of exodus chapter 21 v24 28.
The implications of exodus 21 to our discussion are not to be underestimated. The law of moses was highly symbolic, being filled with types and shadows, all of. Baruch is the senior lecturer at the zera avraham institute based in israel. As the hebrew form of slavery was of a mild type, masters being admonished to. For instance, as in our modern times, if we run a red light, the judgment is a ticket from the police officer.
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