Exodus 21
21
Ordinances for the Covenant
1“Now these are the ordinances which you will set before them.
2“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, and in the seventh he is to go free, without payment.
3If he comes in by himself, he is to go out by himself. If he was married, then his wife will go out with him.
4If his master gave him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will be her master’s, and he will go free by himself.
5“But if the servant plainly states, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children, and I will not go out free,’
6then his master is to bring him to God, then take him to a door or to a doorpost. His master is to pierce his ear through with an awl, and he will serve him forever.
7“If a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant, she is not to go free as the male servants do.
8If she does not please her master who has selected her for himself, then he is to allow her to be redeemed. He will have no power to sell her to a foreign people, seeing as he has dealt deceitfully toward her.
9If he betroths her to his son, he must give her the rights of a daughter.
10If he takes another wife, he is not to diminish her food, her clothing, or her marriage rights.
11If he does not provide these three to her, then she is to go free without payment.
12“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies must surely be put to death.
13But if he did not hunt him down, yet God caused it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may run.
14If a man presumes to kill his neighbor with craftiness, you are to take him from My altar and put him to death.
15“Anyone who strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
16“Anyone who steals a person and sells him, or is found with him under his hand, must surely be put to death.
17“Whoever curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
18“If people quarrel, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and the other does not die but lies in bed,
19if he rises again and walks around on his staff, then the one that struck him he will be cleared. But he must pay for the loss of his time and help him to be thoroughly healed.
20“If a man strikes his male or female servant with a staff, who dies by his hand, he must surely be punished.
21Notwithstanding, if the servant gets up in a day or two he will not be punished, for he is his property.
22“If men fight, and hit a pregnant woman so that her child is born early, yet no harm follows, the one who hit her is to be strictly fined, according to what the woman’s husband demands of him. He must pay as the judges determine.
23But if any harm follows, then you are to penalize life for life,
24eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25burn for burn, wound for wound, blow for blow.
26“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he must let him go free for the sake of his eyesight.
27If he strikes out his slave’s tooth, he must let him go free for the sake of his tooth.
28“If an ox gores a man or a woman so that they die, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat is not to be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be cleared.
29If the ox was given to goring in times past, and a warning has been given to its owner, yet he has not kept it pent up, and it has killed a man or a woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
30If instead a ransom is placed on him, then he is to pay for the redemption of his life whatever is demanded.
31Whether it has gored a son or daughter, this rule is to be applied to him.
32If the ox gores a male or female slave, he is to pay 30 shekels of silver to their master, and the ox is to be stoned.
33“If one uncovers a pit or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in,
34the owner of the pit must pay compensation. He is to give money to the owner, and the dead animal will be his.
35“If one man’s ox hurts another’s ox so that it dies, they are to sell the live ox and divide the price. They are also to divide the dead one.
36Or if it becomes known that the ox was given to violence in times past, and its owner has not kept it pent up, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his own.
37 If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he is to pay five oxen for one ox or four sheep for one sheep.
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Exodus 21
21
1“Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them:
2“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything. 3If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. 5But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’ 6then 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.
7“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do. 8If she doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. 9If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter. 10If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights. 11If 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, 13but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. 14If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
15“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
16“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
18“If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed; 19if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.
20“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished. 21Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant is his property.
22“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow. 23But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life, 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
26“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. 27If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.
28“If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible. 29But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and this has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death. 30If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed. 31Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. 32If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels#21:32 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 30 shekels is about 300 grams or about 10.6 ounces. of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
33“If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it, 34the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
35“If one man’s bull injures another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal. 36Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
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