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Protection for the Vulnerable
Commentators explain this law protected a Hebrew girl sold with the expectation of marriage. If the master changed his mind and chose not to marry her, he could not simply sell her to another person. Because he had "dealt deceitfully" by breaking the implicit marriage contract, he was obligated to allow her family to redeem her. This law limited the master's power and upheld a degree of justice for the girl.
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Exodus
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 21:8
19th Century
Bishop
Who hath betrothed her to himself. —The reading is to be preferred which gives the opposite sense—“who hath not
John Gill
On Exodus 21:8
17th Century
Pastor
If she please not her master
"Be evil in the eyes of her master" F16 ; and he has no liking of her, and l…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 21:1–11
17th Century
Minister
The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us,…