Exodus Chapter 21 verse 1 Holy Bible
Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.
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Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.
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And these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
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Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
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Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
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"Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
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`And these `are' the judgments which thou dost set before them:
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - These are the judgments. The term "judgment" applies most properly to the decisions of courts and the laws founded upon them. No doubt the laws contained in the "Book of the Covenant" were to a large extent old laws, which had been often acted on; but we should do wrong to suppose that there was nothing new in the legislation. The Hebrew mishphat is used with some vagueness. Vers 2-11. -
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXXI.LAWS CONCERNING THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS.(1) These are the judgments.--"The laws" (Knobel), "the rights" (Keil), "the rules which shall guide judicial decisions" (Pool). The paraphrase alone gives the full meaning.