Exodus 21-22

Exodus 21-22

This year, I plan on reading the Old Testament of the Bible within the 2012 calendar year. Follow me on this journey! Please, if you have questions or comments... let me know! 

Scripture Thought (What I Learned):

Exodus Chapters 21 and 22 cover a lot of the Law of Moses. I have made a quick outline of what you can find in these two chapters.

Chapter 21: Law of Moses

                The Lord reveals his laws for, as part of the Law of Moses:

Servants:

·         If you buy a Hebrew servant, he will work for 6 years and on the 7th year he shall go free.

·         If he came by himself or with a wife, both shall go free.

·         If the master gave the servant a wife, then the servant shall go free. But the wife and any children born belong to the master.

·         If a servant is given a wife by the master and chooses to be with the wife, then he becomes property of the master for life.

·         If a servant is assaulted and has his eye damaged then he can be set free.

Plural Marriage:

·         If a daughter is sold as a maidservant she shall not go out and be free as the servant.

·         If a man take another wife, then his duty to both wives (to feed, clothe, shelter, etc) remains.

Death Penalty:

·         If a man kills, then he shall be killed.

·         If a man steals (kidnaps) or enslaves man, he shall be put to death.

·         If a man causes the "fruit to depart from her" killing a baby in a pregnant woman, then the husband can do with the man as he pleases, and the judges will decide how much he pays.

Eye for an Eye: 

·         Life for Life

·         Eye for Eye

·         Tooth for Tooth

·         Hand for Hand

·         Foot for Foot

·         Wound for Wound

·         Stripe for Stripe

Chapter 22: Law of Moses

·         If a man steal an ox or a sheep and kill or sell it. He shall restore 5 oxen for an ox and 4 sheep for a sheep.

·         If a thief is breaking in and is killed, the one who killed him will not be killed.

·         If a thief is unable to make restitution he will be sold.

·         If a thief is caught with an ox or sheep alive, he will restore to the owner double.

·         If a man eats from a field that is not his, he shall make restitution.

·         If a man causes a fire that burnt down a field he shall make restitution.

·         Anything stolen, once caught the thief must pay the owner double.

·         A witch shall not live, but shall be killed.

·         Anyone who lies with an animal shall be killed.

·         Anyone who sacrifices unto another God, other than the Lord shall be destroyed.

·         Thou shalt not oppress a stranger.

·         Thou shalt not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

o   Anyone who afflicts a widow or a fatherless child and that widow or child cries unto the Lord. The Lord will visit the person who afflicted and make widows and make them fatherless.

·         If you lend money, you cannot be a usurer.