Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Exodus)
我夜间的歌曲《出埃及记》
Text: Exodus 21: 1-6
MEDITATION
Exodus 21:1-6
1“Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them:
2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.
3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
5 But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’
6 then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. The Commandments of the LORD
a. There were 10 Commandments the LORD specifically gave to Israel.
b. These may be called Moral laws.
2. The Judgments
a. These were not from God directly.
b. But they were nevertheless important to Israel.
3. Moses and the Judicial system of Israel
a. Moses was the sole judge for a while.
b. Under the advice of Jethro, Moses selected others to become judges.
c. These judges would come up with “judgments” that would become part of the Judiciary system of ancient Israel.
4. The Judgment concerning Hebrew slaves
a. A Hebrew can end up being a slave (he may be in debt and he is sold as a slave..
b. Most slaves serve for a lifetime.
c. But not Hebrew slaves.
d. He is to serve for only 6 years.
e. On the seventh year, he must be set free!
f. His debts are cancelled on the seventh year.
5. If he became a slave as a single man
He is to be freed as a single man.
6. If he became a slave as a married man
He will be freed with his wife.
7. If he was single
a. But he was given a wife
b. And he has children from the marriage
c. He is to be released but his wife and children will belong to the master
8. But the slave may choose to remain a bond-slave
a. He may have the following reasons:
i. He loves his master.
ii. He loves his wife.
iii. He loves his children.
b. He may ask his master to bring him to the judges.
i. He will publicly declare that he wants to remain a slave to his master.
ii. His master will then pierce his ear with an awl.
iii. He will then become a bond-slave for the rest of his life.
经文：出埃及记 21：1-6
沉思
《出埃及记 21：1-6》
“你在百姓面前所要立的典章是这样：
2你若买希伯来人做奴仆，他必服侍你六年，第七年他可以自由，白白地出去。
3他若孤身来，就可以孤身去；他若有妻，他的妻就可以同他出去。
4他主人若给他妻子，妻子给他生了儿子或女儿，妻子和儿女要归主人，他要独自出去。
5倘或奴仆明说：‘我爱我的主人和我的妻子、儿女，不愿意自由出去。’6他的主人就要带他到审判官那里，又要带他到门前，靠近门框，用锥子穿他的耳朵，他就永远服侍主人。