Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
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Gill's Exposition
Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter,.... A little son or daughter, and both Israelites, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra; this is observed, because only a man or woman are made mention of in…
The animal was slain as a tribute to the sanctity of human life (Compare the marginal references and Gen 4:11). It was stoned, and its flesh was treated as carrion. Guilty negligence on the part of…
Observe here,
I. The particular care which the law took of women with child, that no hurt should be done them which might occasion their mis-carrying. The law of nature obliges us to be very tender in…
Cambridge Bible
The same law is to hold good, if the person who has been killed is (as we should say) a minor, of either sex.
this judgement The decision embodied in the preceding laws (vv.28 30). Cf. on v.1.