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Exodus 21:36 KJV
Exodus · chapter 21 · verse 36
Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.Exodus 21:36 · King James Version
Exodus 21:36 in context
34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
35And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
36Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- surelyshâlamto be safeH7999 →
- knownyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- ownerbaʻala masterH1167 →
- pushnaggâchbuttingH5056 →
- pasttᵉmôwlproperly, agoH8543 →
- pastshilshôwmtreblyH8032 →
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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