 | Jonathan Blanchard, Nathan Lewis Rice - 1846 - 534 pages
...exposing the master to the penalty of the civil law. The law on this subject is in Exod. xxi : 20. " And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with...two he shall not be punished ; for he is his money." Can any one believe that this language was meant to apply to a free man, hired for his labor? Do you... | |
 | Matthew Estes - 1846 - 270 pages
...could any other kind of property. The following passages of Scripture clearly sustain this position : " If a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod,...hand, he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if ho continue a day or two, he shall not bo punished; for he is his money." Exod. xx. 20-21. In this... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1846 - 422 pages
...wrong was done him. (a) Servants ,,were to be treated with humanity and kinc.'ness. Ex. xxi. 30, 21 : " And if a man smite his servant, or his maid with a...die under his hand, he shall be surely punished," (Heb. ' vengeance shall be taken on him.') Compare with this just and humane precept, the laws respecting... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1846 - 416 pages
...wrong was done him. (a) Servants were to be treated with humanity and kindness. Ex. xxi. 20, 21 : " And if a man smite his servant, or his maid with a...rod, and he die under his hand, he shall be surely pun^ ished," (Heb. ' vengeance shall be taken on him.') Compare with this just and humane precept,... | |
 | Matthew Estes - 1846 - 274 pages
...harsh and unnecessary cruelty on the part of the Master. In Exod. xxi. 20, it is laid down that—"If a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod,...die under his hand, he shall be surely punished." In the 26th and 27th verses of the same chapter it is laid down that—"If a man smite the eye of his... | |
 | Jonathan Blanchard - 1846 - 526 pages
...the law of Moses permitted the master to enforce obedience by chastisement, — Exod. xxi : 20, 21. "And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand ; he shall surely be punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished : for he... | |
 | Jonathan Blanchard - 1846 - 538 pages
...the law of Moses permitted the master to enforce obedience by chastisement. — Exod. xxi : 20, 21. "And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand ; he shall surely be punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished : for he... | |
 | Jonathan Blanchard - 1846 - 536 pages
..." And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand : he shall he surely punished : notwithstanding, if he continue...two he shall not be punished ; for he is his money" Can any one believe that this language was meant to apply to a free man, hired for his .labor? Do you... | |
 | George Bush - 1846 - 466 pages
...the sense of authority, jurisdiction, rule. It signifies primarily a rod or staff. Thus Ex. 21. 20 ; 'If a man smite his servant or his maid with a rod (one).' Prov. 23. 13, 'If thou beatest him (thy son) with the rod (Brr) he shall not die.' Is. 28.... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1847 - 386 pages
...face."§ And by the law of Moses, the possibility of domestic chastisement producing death is supposed. " And if a man smite his servant or his maid, with a...he shall not be punished ; for he is his money."|| The punishment of domestic offences is here recognised as the same appointed elsewhere for public misdemeanours,... | |
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And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. 
