Chūāijíjì 21:21

21 Ruò guò yī liǎng tiān cái sǐ , jiù kĕyǐ bù shòuxíng , yīnwei shì yòng qián mǎi de .

Chūāijíjì 21:21 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 21:21

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two
And does not die immediately, or the same day, but lives twenty four hours, as the Jewish writers interpret it; so Abendana ^F24 explains the phrase, "a day or two";

``a day which is as two days, and they are twenty four hours from time to time,''

that is, from the time he was smitten to the time of his continuance; and so it is elsewhere explained ^F25 by a day we understand a day, which is like two days, that is, from time to time, the meaning of which is, from a certain time in one day to the same in another:

he shall not be punished;
that is, with death;

for he [is] his money;
is bought with his money, and is good as money, and therefore it is a loss sufficient to him to lose him; and it may be reasonably thought he did not smite his servant with an intention to kill him, since he himself is the loser by it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Not. in Miclol Yophi in loc.
F25 Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Zabim, c. 2. sect. 3.

Chūāijíjì 21:21 In-Context

19 Ruò zaì néng qǐlai fú zhàng ér chū , nà dá tāde kè suàn wú zuì , dàn yào jiàng tā dānwu de gōngfu yòng qián péi bǔ , bìng yào jiàng tā quán rán yī hǎo .

20 Rén ruò yòng gùnzi dá núpú huò bìnǚ , lìshí sǐ zaì tāde shǒu xià , tā bìyào shòuxíng .

21 Ruò guò yī liǎng tiān cái sǐ , jiù kĕyǐ bù shòuxíng , yīnwei shì yòng qián mǎi de .

22 Rén ruò bǐcǐ zhēngdòu , shānghaì yǒu yùn de fùrén , shènzhì zhuì tāi , suíhòu què wú bié haì , nà shānghaì tāde , zǒng yào àn fùrén de zhàngfu suǒ yào de , zhào shĕnpàn guān suǒ duàn de , shòu fá .

23 Ruò yòu bié haì , jiù yào yǐ méng cháng méng ,