Additional laws in the Book of the Covenant.
In 20.22-23.19: Most scholars consider this group of laws to be the oldest of all the legal collections of the Bible.
These biblical laws have several parallels in subject matter and form to ancient Babylonian law codes.
The laws alternate between religious concerns and criminal, social, and economic matters.
Read Exodus 20.22-21.14
In verse 26: The concern for stairs and the exposure of nakedness implies that those doing the sacrificing at the altar wore robes that were open at the bottom.
In 21.6: The blood on the doorpost from the pierced ear was a sign of the permanent attachment of the slave to the household.
In verse 8: The case deals with a husband taking a slave as a wife or concubine through whom he may have children (Gen 21.10-13).
In verses 13-14: Accidental killers could flee to designated "cities of refuge" where they could live protected from family members of the victim who would seek revenge (Num 35.9-28).
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