Exodus 21:30 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 21:30

If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.

BSB

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ASV

If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

KJV

If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

If there be laid on him a sum of money, &c.--Blood fines are common among the Arabs as they were once general throughout the East. This is the only case where a money compensation, instead of capital punishment, was expressly allowed in the Mosaic law.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
כֹּ֖פֶר	Ko.fer	a ransom	H3724 →
יוּשַׁ֣ת	yu.Shat	it will be imposed	H7896 →
עָלָ֑יו	'a.Lav	on him	H5921 →
וְנָתַן֙	ve.na.Tan	and he will give	H5414 →
פִּדְיֹ֣ן	pid.Yon	[the] ransom of	H6306 →
נַפְשׁ֔וֹ	naf.Sho	life his	H5315 →
כְּכֹ֥ל	ke.Khol	according to all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
יוּשַׁ֖ת	yu.Shat	it will be imposed	H7896 →
עָלָֽיו׃	'a.Lav	on him	H5921 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H7896yushatit will be imposed83×

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Proverbs 13:8
Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:18–19
  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 16:26
  What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Psalms 49:6–10
  They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Through
Exodus 30:12
“When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when…
leads to
- Numbers 31:50
  So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
- Exodus 38:25–26
  The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
- 1 Chronicles 27:24
  Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles…
- Matthew 20:28
  just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Through
Exodus 21:22
If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 22:18–19
  Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.

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