And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
Exodus 21:11 belongs to the laws regulating servants, under which both their treatment and their freedom were legally protected, so that even an injury inflicted by a master, such as the loss of a tooth, entitled a servant to freedom. It is part of the instruction, statutes, commandments and judgments that God gave to Israel through Moses to regulate their dealings with one another. Those laws are exalted and impartial requirements, given as Christ's directions, that guard against injustice and guard the interests of His people, including the poor.
They illustrate and apply the precepts of the Ten Commandments, amplifying their principles by explaining what those principles require in particular situations. In this way they make the obligations of the Decalogue more fully understood and enforced, and guard its sacredness. They were needed because minds blinded and debased by slavery were not prepared to fully appreciate the far-reaching principles of God's ten precepts.
Unlike the Ten Commandments, they were delivered privately to Moses for him to communicate to the people. If all read the commandments in Exodus 21-23 carefully and obeyed them, the condition of things now seen in the world would not exist.
Exodus 21:11 belongs to the laws regulating servants, under which both their treatment and their freedom were legally protected, so that even an injury inflicted by a master, such as the loss of a tooth, entitled a servant to freedom. It is part of the instruction, statutes, commandments and judgments that God gave to Israel through Moses to regulate their dealings with one another. Those laws are exalted and impartial requirements, given as Christ's directions, that guard against injustice and guard the interests of His people, including the poor.
They illustrate and apply the precepts of the Ten Commandments, amplifying their principles by explaining what those principles require in particular situations. In this way they make the obligations of the Decalogue more fully understood and enforced, and guard its sacredness. They were needed because minds blinded and debased by slavery were not prepared to fully appreciate the far-reaching principles of God's ten precepts.
Unlike the Ten Commandments, they were delivered privately to Moses for him to communicate to the people. If all read the commandments in Exodus 21-23 carefully and obeyed them, the condition of things now seen in the world would not exist.