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Exodus 21:1 KJV
Exodus · chapter 21 · verse 1
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.Exodus 21:1 · King James Version
Exodus 21:1 in context
1Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- judgmentsmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- setsûwmto putH7760 →
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The first verse is the general title of the laws contained in this and the two following chapters, some of them relating to the religious worship of God, but most of them relating to matters between man and man.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11