Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Exodus
The Book of Exodus recounts God’s deliverance of Israel from slavery and the formation of a covenant people. It continues the story begun in Genesis, moving from family history to national identity. Central to the narrative is Moses, whom God raises up to confront oppression, lead deliverance, and mediate God’s law.
Exodus opens with Israel enslaved in Egypt, oppressed by a Pharaoh who fears their growth. God hears the cries of His people and acts decisively. Through signs and wonders, culminating in the Passover and the crossing of the Red Sea, God demonstrates His power over nations, rulers, and false gods. Deliverance is shown to be an act of grace rooted in God’s faithfulness to His promises.
Following redemption, Exodus shifts from rescue to relationship. At Mount Sinai, God establishes a covenant with Israel, revealing His character and will through the law. The Ten Commandments form the heart of this instruction, outlining how a redeemed people are to live in faithful response—loving God and one another. Obedience is presented not as a means of salvation, but as a response to it.
The book also emphasizes God’s presence among His people. Detailed instructions for the tabernacle reveal a God who chooses to dwell with those He has redeemed. Holiness, worship, and order are not peripheral concerns; they are essential expressions of life with a holy God. Even after Israel’s failure with the golden calf, God’s mercy prevails, reaffirming His commitment to remain with His people.
Exodus concludes with the completion of the tabernacle and the visible glory of the LORD filling it. What began in bondage ends with God dwelling among a redeemed nation. The journey from slavery to service defines Israel’s identity and sets the foundation for all that follows in Scripture.
The Book of Exodus proclaims a timeless message: God delivers, God dwells, and God calls His redeemed people to live as a holy nation shaped by His presence and truth.
Exodus 21:22
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Exodus 21:23
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
Exodus 21:24
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus 21:25
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Exodus 21:26
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
Exodus 21:27
And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
Exodus 21:28
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
Exodus 21:29
But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
Exodus 21:3
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Exodus 21:30
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.
Exodus 21:31
Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
Exodus 21:32
If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Exodus 21:33
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;
Exodus 21:34
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus 21:35
And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. Reflection This verse sits quietly within Israel’s civil laws, yet it reflects a profound concern for fairness. God addresses everyday conflicts—unintentional loss, shared responsibility, […]
Exodus 21:36
Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
Exodus 21:4
If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
Exodus 21:5
And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
Exodus 21:6
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
Exodus 21:7
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Exodus 21:8
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
Exodus 21:9
And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
Exodus 22:1
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Exodus 22:10
If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
Exodus 22:11
Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
Exodus 22:12
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
Exodus 22:13
If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
Exodus 22:14
And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
Exodus 22:15
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.