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Exodus 21:26 KJV
Exodus · chapter 21 · verse 26
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.Exodus 21:26 · King James Version
Exodus 21:26 in context
24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
27And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
28If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- perishshâchathto decayH7843 →
- smitenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- maidʼâmâha maidservant or female slaveH519 →
- freechophshîyexemptH2670 →
- eyeʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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Observe here, I. The particular care which the law took of women with child, that no hurt should be done them which might occasion their mis-carrying. The law of nature obliges us to be very tender in that case, lest the tree and fruit be destroyed together, Exo 21:22, Exo 21:23.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-36