Exodus 22:24
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge,.... So that it seems that the lender, though he might not impose usury on the borrower, or oblige him to pay interest for what he lent him, yet…
Here is, I. A law that he who debauched a young woman should be obliged to marry her, Exo 22:16, Exo 22:17. If she was betrothed to another, it was death to debauch her (Deu 22:23, Deu 22:24); but the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Those who had shewn heartlessness towards widows and orphans will perish in battle (cf. Isa 9:17), and their wives and children will become widows and orphans themselves.
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