Show Bible Commentary For A Bible Verse

Click here to show/hide instructions.

Selected Verse: Exodus 21:11 - King James

Verse         Translation Text
Ex 21:11 King James And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse

Open All | Close All Open All | Close All
 
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
If he do not these three unto her - The words express a choice of one of three things. The man was to give the woman, whom he had purchased from her father, her freedom, unless

(i) he caused her to be redeemed by a Hebrew master Exo 21:8; or,

(ii) gave her to his son, and treated her as a daughter Exo 21:9; or,

(iii) in the event of his taking another wife Exo 21:10, unless he allowed her to retain her place and privileges.

These rules Exo 21:7-11 are to be regarded as mitigations of the then existing usages of concubinage.
 
Top
7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
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.
9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
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.