[[Exod-21]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Exod-20]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Exod-22]] --- ### but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: God promises to designate specific locations where individuals who commit accidental manslaughter can seek safety from retribution. *Historical context*: This prophecy was fulfilled after the Israelites entered the Promised Land when God commanded the establishment of six 'Cities of Refuge.' As recorded in [[Josh-20#v7|Joshua 20:7]]-8, these cities were Kedesh, Shechem, and Hebron on the west side of the Jordan, and Bezer, Ramoth, and Golan on the east side. *Related to*: ### If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The law establishes thirty shekels of silver as the legal compensation for the life of a servant, which serves as a prophetic type for the price of the Messiah's betrayal. *Historical context*: Theologians and historians identify this as being fulfilled in the New Testament when Judas Iscariot was paid exactly thirty pieces of silver to betray Jesus ([[Matt-26#v15|Matthew 26:15]]). By paying this specific sum, the religious leaders symbolically valued Jesus at the lowest legal price of a common servant, fulfilling the thematic pattern established in Exodus and the specific prophecy in [[Zech-11#v12|Zechariah 11:12]]. *Related to*: ### But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;' then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The ordinance of the 'Bondservant' who voluntarily chooses lifelong servitude out of love for his master and family. *Historical context*: In Christian theology, this law is seen as a prophetic foreshadowing of Jesus Christ's voluntary submission to the Father. [[Ps-40#v6|Psalm 40:6]] ('my ears You have opened/pierced') and [[Heb-10#v5|Hebrews 10:5]]-9 link this ceremony of the pierced ear to the Messiah's decision to take the form of a servant to accomplish the redemption of humanity. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy