Exodus 21:31-32 This law also applies if the bull gores a son or daughter. If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.
Commentary points out that the price of a gored slave, thirty shekels of silver, is the same price, thirty pieces of silver, that Judas was paid for handing over Jesus in the New Testament. Commentary is setting up an analogy, but this morning, that tidbit strikes me.
Exodus 21:33-34 “If anyone uncovers a pit or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.
We are so focused in this life on being a big deal, being important, being the boss, the one in charge. But again and again in the New Testament, Jesus does the opposite. He doesn’t strive to be number one. He doesn’t strive to rule with power or force. He doesn’t put Himself above anyone. He came to serve, not to be served.
Exodus 21:35 “If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally.
Precious Savior, It is so easy to get caught up in rules and laws and the ways things have always been done. Help me to focus on Your life and Your ministry. Help me to love like You love, to serve like You serve. Help me, Jesus. Amen.
Exodus 21:36 However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet the owner did not keep it penned up, the owner must pay, animal for animal, and take the dead animal in exchange.
Have a blessed day.