Chūāijíjì 21:32

32 Niú ruò chù le núpú huò shì bìnǚ , bì jiàng yínzi sān shí Shĕkèlè gĕi tāmende zhǔrén , yĕ yào yòng shítou bǎ niú dǎ sǐ .

Chūāijíjì 21:32 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 21:32

If the ox shall push a manservant, or a maidservant
Which the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi interpret of a Canaanitish servant, man or maid; but no doubt the same provision was made for an Hebrew servant, man or maid, as for a Gentile one:

he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver;
that is, the owner of the ox shall pay so much to the masters of the servants for the loss they have sustained by his ox goring them; and Maimonides ^F18 observes, that

``the ransom of servants, whether great or small, whether male or female, is fixed in the law, thirty shekels of good silver, whether the servant is worth a hundred pounds, or whether he is worth but a penny.''

This was the price our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was sold at, (See Gill on Matthew 26:15).

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Hilchot Niske Maimon, c. 11. sect. 1.

Chūāijíjì 21:32 In-Context

30 Ruò fá tā shú méng de jià yín , tā bì zhào suǒ fá de shú tāde méng .

31 Niú wúlùn chù le rén de érzi huò shì nǚér , bì zhào zhè lì bànlǐ .

32 Niú ruò chù le núpú huò shì bìnǚ , bì jiàng yínzi sān shí Shĕkèlè gĕi tāmende zhǔrén , yĕ yào yòng shítou bǎ niú dǎ sǐ .

33 Rén ruò chǎng zhe jǐng kǒu , huò wā jǐng bù zhēgaì , yǒu niú huò lü diào zaì lǐtou ,

34 Jǐng zhǔ yào ná qián péi huán bĕn zhǔrén , sǐ shēngchù yào guī zìjǐ .