Exodus 21

1 And these are the laws of justice which thou shalt set before them.

And these [are] the ordinances which you shall set before them.

2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing.

3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he was the husband of a woman, then shall his wife go out with him.

If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out.

4 If his master should give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters: the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out by himself.

Moreover, if his master give him a wife, and she have [born] him sons or daughters, the wife and the children shall be his master's; and he shall go forth alone.

5 And if the servant should plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;

6 Then shall his master bring him unto the judges, and he shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him till the jubilee.

his master shall bring him to the judgement-seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, —to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

7 And if a man sell his daughter for a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants go out.

And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maidservants depart.

8 If she please not her master, to whom he hath assigned her, then shall he aid her to be redeemed: unto a strange nation he shall have no power to sell her, seeing he hath dealt faithlessly with her.

If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.

9 And if he should assign her unto his son, then shall he do unto her after the right of the daughters.

And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters.

10 If he take himself another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship [with him].

11 And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out free, without money.

And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.

12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death.

And if any man strike another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.

13 And if he did not lie in wait, but God let it come into his hand, then will I appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give you a place whither the slayer may flee.

14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile, from my altar shalt thou take him, that he may die.

And if any one lie in wait for his neighbour to kill him by craft, and he go for refuge, you shall take him from my altar to put him to death.

15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.

16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, and he be found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.

17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.

18 And if men strive together, and one smite the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

And if two men revile each other and strike the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;

19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his crutch, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

if the man arise and walk abroad on his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing.

20 And if a man smite his servant or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand, it shall be surely avenged.

And if a man strike his man-servant or his maidservant, with a rod, and [the party] die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.

21 Nevertheless, if he continue alive a day or two, it shall not be avenged; for he is his money.

But if [the servant] continue to live a day or two, let not [the master] be punished; for he is his money.

22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her children depart from her, and yet no farther mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, [with a fine, ] according as the husband of the woman will lay upon him; and he shall pay this by the decision of the judges.

And if two men strive and strike a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.

23 And if any mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life.

But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life,

24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.

And if one strike the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.

27 And if he strike out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.

And if he should strike out the tooth of his man-servant, or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send them away free for their tooth's sake.

28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that he die: then shall the ox be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

And if a bull gore a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.

29 But if the ox were wont to gore in time past, and warning have been given to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, and he killeth a man or a woman: the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also should of right be put to death;

But if the bull should have been given to goring in former time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.

30 But there shall be laid on him a sum of money in atonement, and he shall give the ransom of his life whatsoever may be laid upon him.

And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.

31 If he gore a son, or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall be done unto him.

And if [the bull] gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance.

32 If the ox gore a man-servant or a maid-servant, thirty shekels of silver shall he give to his master, and the ox shall be stoned.

And if the bull gore a man-servant or maidservant, he shall pay to their master thirty silver didrachmas, and the bull shall be stoned.

33 And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein:

And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,

34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, he shall make restitution in money unto the owner thereof; and the dead beast shall be his.

the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.

35 And if one man's ox hurt the ox of another, that he die: then shall they sell the live ox, and divide his money; and the dead ox also they shall divide.

And if any man's bull gore the bull of his neighbour, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull.

36 But if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in: he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall belong to him.

But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.