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Exodus 21:18

Exodus 21:18
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And if men strive together,.... Quarrel and fight, and wrestle with and box one another:

and one smite another with a…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Exodus 21:12-21

Here is, I. A law concerning murder. He had lately said, Thou shalt not kill; here he provides, 1. For the punishing of…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Exodus 21:18-36

Bodily injuries, caused (a) by human beings, vv.18 27; (b) by animals, or through the neglect of reasonable precautions,…

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