Albert Barnes Commentary Exodus 21:35-36

Albert Barnes Commentary

Exodus 21:35-36

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Exodus 21:35-36

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"And if one man`s ox hurt another`s, so that it dieth, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it: and the dead also they shall divide. Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead [beast] shall be his own." — Exodus 21:35-36 (ASV)

The dead ox in this case, as well as in the preceding one, must have been worth no more than the price of the hide, as the flesh could not be eaten. See (Leviticus 17:1–6).