Exodus 21:18-19

21:18

<0582> [men.]

neighbor <07453> [another. or, his neighbour. a stone.]

21:19

staff <04938> [upon his staff.]

<05414> [only he shall pay.]

This was a wise and excellent institution. The same provision is made in the civil law; and most courts of justice still regulate their decisions in such cases by this Mosaic precept.

loss of time <07674> [the loss. Heb. his ceasing.]