KJVAnd if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,
If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
`And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, --
— And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
Exodus — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Now these are the judgments. Both passages contain the same appointment, viz., that as to the Hebrews slavery must end at the seventh year; for God would have the children of Abraham, although obliged to sell themselves, to differ from heathen and ordinary slaves. Their enfranchisement is, therefore, enjoined,…