Éxodo 21:21

21 Pero si después de uno o dos días el esclavo se recupera, el agresor no será castigado porque el esclavo era de su propiedad.

Éxodo 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.

Éxodo 21:21 In-Context

19 el agresor deberá indemnizar al herido por daños y perjuicios. Sin embargo, quedará libre de culpa si el herido se levanta y puede caminar por sí mismo o con la ayuda de un bastón.

20 »Si alguien golpea con un palo a su esclavo o a su esclava, y como resultado del golpe él o ella muere, su crimen será castigado.

21 Pero si después de uno o dos días el esclavo se recupera, el agresor no será castigado porque el esclavo era de su propiedad.

22 »Si en una riña los contendientes golpean a una mujer encinta, y la hacen abortar pero sin poner en peligro su vida, se les impondrá la multa que el marido de la mujer exija y que en justicia le corresponda.

23 »Si se pone en peligro la vida de la mujer, esta será la indemnización: vida por vida,