Exodus 21:34
in Exodus 21the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
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ASV
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead beast shall be his.
KJV
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
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This verse in Exodus 21
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
if a man shall open a pit
on Exodus 21:33-34
An uncovered pit makes the man who dug it liable for what falls in, which stretches responsibility from what a man does to what a man leaves behind him. He pays the owner the value of the beast and keeps the carcase, so the loss moves across rather than doubling. Matthew Henry wrote that it is not enough to avoid designing mischief, since a man must also contrive to prevent it or he becomes accessory to his neighbour's damage.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The owner of the pit shall make it good,....
Note, We must take heed not only of doing that which will be hurtful, but of doing that which may be so. It is not enough not to design and devise mischief, but we must contrive to prevent mischief, else we become accessory to our neighbours' damage.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die--For the purpose of sanctifying human blood, and representing all injuries affecting life in a serious light, an animal that occasioned death was to be killed or suffer punishment proportioned to the degree of damage it had caused.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּ֤עַל | baal | [the] owner of | H1167 → | 84 times |
| הַבּוֹר֙ | habor | the pit | H953 → | 66 times |
| יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם | yeshalem | he will make compensation | H7999 → | 116 times |
| כֶּ֖סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| יָשִׁ֣יב | yashiv | he will repay | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לִבְעָלָ֑יו | livalav | to owner<s> its | H1167 → | 84 times |
| וְהַמֵּ֖ת | vehamet | and the dead [animal] | H4191 → | 839 times |
| יִֽהְיֶה־ | yihyeh- | it will be[long] | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לּֽוֹ׃ ס | lo | to <the> him |
בַּ֤עַל[the] owner of
baalH1167 →84 times
הַבּוֹר֙the pit
haborH953 →66 times
יְשַׁלֵּ֔םhe will make compensation
yeshalemH7999 →116 times
כֶּ֖סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →403 times
יָשִׁ֣יבhe will repay
yashivH7725 →1056 times
לִבְעָלָ֑יוto owner<s> its
livalavH1167 →84 times
וְהַמֵּ֖תand the dead [animal]
vehametH4191 →839 times
יִֽהְיֶה־it will be[long]
yihyeh-H1961 →3559 times
לּֽוֹ׃ סto <the> him
lo
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 22:14If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 23:19–20
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
- Leviticus 24:18
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
- Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is…
- Deuteronomy 15:2
This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release…
- Exodus 22:11
an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.
- Deuteronomy 23:19–20
Through
Exodus 22:6If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
it leads to
- Exodus 22:9
In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges.…
- 2 Samuel 14:30–31
Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
- Judges 15:4–5
Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
- Exodus 22:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.