Exode 21:11

11 Et s'il ne lui fait pas ces trois choses, elle sortira gratuitement, sans argent.

Exode 21:11 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 21:11

And if he do not these three unto her
Not the three things last mentioned; though this sense, Aben Ezra says, many of their interpreters give, which is rejected by him, so do some Christian expositors; but these three things are, espousing her to himself, or to his son, or redeeming her by the hand of her father; that is, letting her be redeemed by him, as the Targum of Jonathan; and so Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Ben Melech: the meaning is, if one or other of these things are not done,

then shall she go out free without money;
be dismissed from her servitude, and not obliged to pay anything for her freedom; the Targum of Jonathan adds, he shall give her a bill of divorce; that is, the son to whom she had been betrothed, and another wife taken by him, and she denied the above things; which favours the first sense.

Exode 21:11 In-Context

9 Mais s'il la destine à son fils, il fera pour elle selon le droit des filles.

10 S'il en prend une autre, il ne retranchera rien pour la première à la nourriture, au vêtement, ni à la cohabitation.

11 Et s'il ne lui fait pas ces trois choses, elle sortira gratuitement, sans argent.

12 Celui qui frappe un homme à mort, sera puni de mort.

13 Que s'il ne lui a point dressé d'embûches, mais que Dieu l'ait fait se rencontrer sous sa main, je t'établirai un lieu où il se réfugiera.