Exodus 21:3

If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.

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WEBBE

If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.

BSB

If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.

KJV

If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

ASV

If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.

BBE

If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.

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אִם־ 'im- if H518 בְּגַפּוֹ be·ga·po with body his H1610 יָבֹא ya·vo' he will come H935 בְּגַפּוֹ be·ga·po with body his H1610 יֵצֵא ye·tze' he will go out H3318 אִם־ 'im- if H518 בַּעַל ba·'al [is the] husband of H1167 אִשָּׁה 'i·shah a wife H802 הוּא hu' he H1931 וְיָצְאָה ve·ya·tze·'ah and she will go out H3318 אִשְׁתּוֹ 'ish·to wife his H802 עִמּוֹ i·mo with him H5973

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–11

The laws in this chapter relate to the fifth and sixth commandments; and though they differ from our times and customs, nor are they binding on us, yet they explain the moral law, and the rules of natural justice. The servant, in the state of servitude, was an emblem of that state of bondage to sin, Satan, and the law, which man is brought into by robbing God of his glory, by the transgression of his precepts. Likewise in being made free, he was an emblem of that liberty wherewith Christ, the Son of God, makes free from bondage his people, who are free indeed; and made so freely, without money and without price, of free grace.

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