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Exodus 21:33
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"If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
"‘If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and he does not cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
"If a man takes the cover off a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it, and another man's ox or donkey comes and falls into it,
"If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
"If a man leaves a pit open, or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
"Now if someone opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
And when a man shall open a well, or when he shall dig a pit and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein,
"And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Suppose someone's ox or donkey is killed by falling into an open pit that you dug or left uncovered on your property.
—And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
"A man might take a cover off a well or dig a hole and not cover it. If another man's animal comes and falls into that hole, the man who owns the hole is guilty.
"When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
And if a man shall open a wheat pit or a man shall dig a well, and not cover them, and an ox or an ass fall into it;
"If someone takes the cover off a pit or if he digs one and does not cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
“When a man uncovers a pit or digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
And when a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it,
Yf a man open a well, or dygge a pytt, and couer it not, and there fall an oxe or Asse therin,
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,
If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;
If a man open a well, or digge a pitte, and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein:
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall digge a pit, and not couer it, and an oxe or an asse fall therein:
And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,
If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
If ony man openeth a cisterne, and diggith, and hilith it not, and an oxe ether asse fallith in to it,
`And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, --
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey fall therein,
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass shall fall into it;
"If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
"And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it,
"Suppose someone digs or uncovers a pit and fails to cover it, and then an ox or a donkey falls into it.
"When a man leaves a deep hole open, or digs a deep hole and does not cover it, and a bull or donkey falls into it,
If someone leaves a pit open, or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
And when a man openeth a pit, or when a man diggeth a pit, and doth not cover it, - and there falleth thereinto an ox or an ass,
If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
"When a man leaves a pit open, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it,
"If someone uncovers a cistern or digs a pit and leaves it open and an ox or donkey falls into it, the owner of the pit must pay whatever the animal is worth to its owner but can keep the dead animal.
"If a man opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 9:15, Psalms 119:85, Proverbs 28:10, Ecclesiastes 10:8, Jeremiah 18:20, Jeremiah 18:22
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:6 - he that kindled the fire Leviticus 24:21 - a beast
Cross-References
To Shet too was born a son, whom he called Enosh. That is when people began to call on the name of Adonai .
He left that place, went to the hill east of Beit-El and pitched his tent. With Beit-El to the west and ‘Ai to the east, he built an altar there and called on the name of Adonai .
(iv) From there Yitz'chak went up to Be'er-Sheva.
There he built an altar and called on the name of Adonai . He pitched his tent there, and there Yitz'chak's servants dug a well.
So he called it Shiv‘ah [oath, seven], and for this reason the name of the city is Be'er-Sheva [well of seven, well of an oath] to this day.
"You are not to plant any sort of tree as a sacred pole beside the altar of Adonai your God that you will make for yourselves.
(vi) The God of old is a dwelling-place, with everlasting arms beneath. He expelled the enemy before you and he said, ‘Destroy!'
Thus the people of Isra'el did what was evil from Adonai 's perspective, forgot Adonai their God, and served the ba‘alim and asherim.
Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, from eternity past to eternity future you are God.
Haven't you known, haven't you heard that the everlasting God, Adonai , the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not grow tired or weary? His understanding cannot be fathomed.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If a man shall open a pit,.... That has been dug in time past, and filled up again, or take the covering from it, and leave it uncovered: "or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it": a new one, in the street, as the Targum of Jonathan; or in a public place, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra; otherwise a man might dig one for water, in his own fields, in enclosed places, where there was no danger of cattle coming thither, and falling therein:
and an ox or an ass fall therein; or any other beast, as Jarchi observes; for these are mentioned only as instances, and are put for all others. Maimonides s says,
"if a man digs a pit in a public place, and an ox or ass fall into it and die, though the pit is full of shorn wool, and the like, the owner of the pit is bound to pay the whole damage; and this pit (he says) must be ten hands deep; if it is less than that, and an ox, or any other beast or fowl fall into it and die, he is free,''
s Hilchot Niske Maimon. c. 12. sect, 1, 10. so Bartenora in Misn. Bava Kama, c. 1. sect. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The usual mode of protecting a well in the East was probably then, as now, by building round it a low circular wall.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 21:33. And if a man shall open a pit, or - dig a pit — That is, if a man shall open a well or cistern that had been before closed up, or dig a new one; for these two cases are plainly intimated: and if he did this in some public place where there was danger that men or cattle might fall into it; for a man might do as he pleased in his own grounds, as those were his private right. In the above case, if he had neglected to cover the pit, and his neighbour's ox or ass was killed by falling into it, he was to pay its value in money. Exodus 21:33 and Exodus 21:34 seem to be out of their places. They probably should conclude the chapters, as, where they are, they interrupt the statutes concerning the goring ox, which begin at Exodus 21:28.
THESE different regulations are as remarkable for their justice and prudence as for their humanity. Their great tendency is to show the valuableness of human life, and the necessity of having peace and good understanding in every neighbourhood; and they possess that quality which should be the object of all good and wholesome laws - the prevention of crimes. Most criminal codes of jurisprudence seem more intent on the punishment of crimes than on preventing the commission of them. The law of God always teaches and warns, that his creatures may not fall into condemnation; for judgment is his strange work, i.e., one reluctantly and seldom executed, as this text is frequently understood.
