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;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
If a man shall open a pit,.... That has been dug in time past, and filled up again, or take the covering from it, and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Exodus 21:33-34
The usual mode of protecting a well in the East was probably then, as now, by building round it a low circular wall.
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
And if a man shall open a pit, or - dig a pit - That is, if a man shall open a well or cistern that had been before…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Exodus 21:22-36
Observe here,
I. The particular care which the law took of women with child, that no hurt should be done them which…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Exodus 21:33-34
Injury caused by culpable neglect in leaving an open pit.
open i.e. open a pit which already existed = reopen.
a pit for…
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