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Exodus 21:32

Thirty shekels for a servant's death

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Exodus 21:32

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21:32If it attacks a male or female servant, he shall give thirty shekels of silver to their lord, yet truly the ox shall be stoned

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Zechariah 11:12–13 - The rejected shepherd's wages

The covenant law fixes thirty shekels as the indemnity when an ox kills a servant. Zechariah's good shepherd is dismissed with the same amount. The number makes the wage an insult: the shepherd and the Lord whose flock he tends are valued at a servant's death-price.

source checked100 yearsThe legal amount is already established before Zechariah turns it into a judgment on the flock's contempt for its shepherd.
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  • scripture

    Exod 21:28-32

  • scripture

    Zech 11:4-14

  • commentary

    United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, New American Bible, Revised Edition

    Zechariah 11:4-17, note

    USCCB online Bible and notes