King James Version
Exodus 21:1 in the King James Version says “Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.”
Exodus 21:1 · KJV
Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married , then his wife shall go out with him. by himself: Heb. with his body
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“Now these are the judgments”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which thou shalt set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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