Geneva Bible Notes (1560): Exodus 21

^{1 !} Temporal and ciuilee ordinances, appointed by God, touching servitude, murthers, and wronges: the observation whereof doeth not justifie a man, but are giuen to bridel our corrupt nature, which els wolde breake out into all mischief and crueltie.

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^{2 a} Paying no money for his libertie.

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^{3 b} Not hauing wife nor children.

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^{4 c} Till her time of seruitude was expired, which might be the seuenth yere or the fiftieth.

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^{6 e} That is, to the yere of Jubile, which was euerie fiftieth yere.

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^{6 /} Ebr. gods.

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^{6 d} Where the judges sate.

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^{7 f} Constreined ether by pouertie, or els that the master shulde mary her.

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^{8 /} Or, defloured her.

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^{8 g} By giuing another money to bye her of him.

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^{9 h} That is, he shal giue her dowrie.

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^{10 i} For his sonne.

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^{11 k} Nether mary her him selfe, nor giue an other money to bye her, nor bestowe her vpon his sonne.

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^{13 l} Thogh a man be killed at vnwares, yet it is Gods prouidence, that it shulde so be.

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^{14 m} The holines of the place oght not defend the murtherer.

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^{18 n} Ether far of him or nere.

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^{19 /} losing of his time.

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^{19 o} By the ciuile justice.

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^{21 p} By the ciuile Magistrate, but before God he is a murtherer.

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^{22 /} Or, arbiters.

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^{22 q} Of the mother, or childe.

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^{24 r} The execution of this lawe onely belonged to the Magistrat, {mat. 5,33}.

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^{27 s} So God reuengeth crueltie in moste least things.

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^{28 t} If the beast be punished, muche more shal the murtherer.

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^{29 /} Or, testified to him.

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^{30 u} By the next of the kinred of him that is so slayne.

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^{32 x} Read {Gen. 23,15}.

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^{34 y} This lawe forbiddeth not onely not to hurt, but to beware lest any be hurt.

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