# Exodus 21.11 **Book:** [Exodus](/codex/exodus/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 9. And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10. If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. > > **11. And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.** > > 12. He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death. 13. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. (Exodus 21:9-13, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 9. If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter. 10. If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights. > > **11. If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.** > > 12. “One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death, 13. but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. (Exodus 21:9-13, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 9. And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. 10. If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. > > **11. And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.** > > 12. He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. (Exodus 21:9-13, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 9. 'And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her. 10. 'If another [woman] he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw; > > **11. and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.** > > 12. 'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death; 13. as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee. (Exodus 21:9-13, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Biblical Marriage Consent Objection Defeater](/codex/biblical-marriage-consent-objection-defeater/), via [Exodus 21.10-11](/codex/exodus-21-10-11/) - [Did God Cause the Rape of Davids Wives Objection Defeater](/codex/did-god-cause-the-rape-of-davids-wives-objection-defeater/), via [Exodus 21.10-11](/codex/exodus-21-10-11/) - [Israelite Slavery Possession-vs-Ownership Defeater](/codex/israelite-slavery-possession-vs-ownership-defeater/), via [Exodus 21.7-11](/codex/exodus-21-7-11/) - [Numbers 31 Midianite War Objection Defeater](/codex/numbers-31-midianite-war-objection-defeater/), via [Exodus 21.7-11](/codex/exodus-21-7-11/) - [Underage and Non-Consensual Marriage Objection Defeater](/codex/underage-and-non-consensual-marriage-objection-defeater/), via [Exodus 21.7-11](/codex/exodus-21-7-11/) **Concepts:** - [Biblical Slavery Objection](/codex/biblical-slavery-objection/), via [Exodus 21.7-11](/codex/exodus-21-7-11/) - [Chattel Slavery vs Biblical Servitude](/codex/chattel-slavery-vs-biblical-servitude/), via [Exodus 21.7-11](/codex/exodus-21-7-11/) - [OT Sexual-Violence Laws](/codex/ot-sexual-violence-laws/) **Lexicon:** - [H5772 - onah](/codex/h5772-onah/), via [Exodus 21.10-11](/codex/exodus-21-10-11/) - [H6370 - pilegesh](/codex/h6370-pilegesh/), via [Exodus 21.10-11](/codex/exodus-21-10-11/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.