What does Exodus 21:26 mean?
ESV: “When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye.
NIV: An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.
NASB: And if someone strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free on account of the eye.
CSB: "When a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his eye.
NLT: If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye and the eye is blinded, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.
KJV: And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
NKJV: “If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.
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The book of Exodus establishes God's covenant relationship with the full-fledged nation of Israel. The descendants of Abraham prosper after settling in Egypt, only to be enslaved by a fearful, hateful Egyptian Pharaoh. God appoints Moses to lead the people out of this bondage. Moses serves as God's spokesman, as the Lord brings plagues and judgments on Egypt, leading to the release of Israel.
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