< Exodus 21 >

1 And these [are] the judgments which you set before them:
Now, these are the regulations which thou shalt put before them.
2 When you buy a Hebrew servant, he serves [for] six years, and in the seventh he goes out as a freeman for nothing;
When thou shalt acquire a servant who is a Hebrew, six years, shall he serve, —but in the seventh shall he go out freely—for nought.
3 if he comes in by himself, he goes out by himself; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife has gone out with him;
If, by himself, he came in, by himself, shall he go out, —if he was married, then shall his wife go out with him.
4 if his lord gives a wife to him, and she has borne sons or daughters to him—the wife and her children are her lord’s, and he goes out by himself.
If his lord gave him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her lords, and, he shall go out by himself.
5 And if the servant really says: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons—I do not go out free,
But, if the servant shall plainly say, I love my lord, and my wife and my sons, —I will not go out free,
6 then his lord has brought him near to God, and has brought him near to the door, or to the doorpost, and his lord has bored his ear with an awl, and he has served him for all time.
then shall his lord bring him near unto God, and shall bring him near unto the door, or unto the door-post, —and his lord shall pierce his ear with an awl, so shall he serve him all his life.
7 And when a man sells his daughter for a handmaid, she does not go out according to the going out of the menservants;
And when a man shall sell his daughter to be a handmaid, she shall not go out according to the out-going of the men-servants,
8 if [it is] evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he has not betrothed her, then he has let her be ransomed; he has no power to sell her to a strange people, in his dealing treacherously with her.
If she is uncomely in the eyes of her lord, who hath not assigned her in marriage, then shall he suffer her to be redeemed: to a strange people, shall he not have power to sell her in that he hath dealt treacherously with her.
9 And if he betroths her to his son, he does to her according to the right of daughters.
And if, to his son, he assign her, according to the custom for daughters, shall he do for her.
10 If he takes another [woman] for him, he does not withdraw her food, her covering, and her habitation;
If he take to himself another, her food her clothing, and her marriage-right, shall he not withdraw.
11 and if he does not do these three for her, then she has gone out for nothing, without money.
But if these three, he will not do for her, then shall she go out for nought, without silver.
12 He who strikes a man so that he has died is certainly put to death;
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death.
13 as for him who has not laid wait, but God has brought [him] to his hand, I have even set a place for you to where he flees.
But he who hath not lain in wait, but, God, hath occasioned him to come to his hand, then will I appoint for thee a place, whither he may flee.
14 And when a man presumes against his neighbor to slay him with subtlety, you take him from My altar to die.
But, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die.
15 And he who strikes his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
And, he that smiteth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.
16 And he who steals a man, and has sold him, and he has been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.
And, he that stealeth a man of the sons of Israel, and selleth him, or he be found in his hand, shall, surely be put to death.
17 And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
And he who revileth his father or his mother, shall, surely be put to death.
18 And when men contend, and a man has struck his neighbor with a stone, or with the fist, and he does not die, but has fallen on the bed;
And when men strive together, and one shall smite the other, with a stone or with his fist, —and he die not, but shall fall to his bed; —
19 if he rises, and has gone up and down outside on his staff, then the striker has been acquitted; he only gives [for] his cessation, and he is thoroughly healed.
if he rise and shall walk abroad on his staff, then shall he that smote him be acquitted, —only, for his loss of time, he shall pay, and, shall surely heal, him.
20 And when a man strikes his manservant or his handmaid with a rod, and he has died under his hand—he is certainly avenged;
And when a man shall smite his servant or his handmaid with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall, surely be avenged;
21 only if he remains a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.
nevertheless if, for a day or for two days, he continue, he shall not be avenged, for, his silver, he is.
22 And when men strive, and have struck a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no harm [to them], he is certainly fined as the husband of the woman lays on him, and he has given through the judges;
And when men strive together and push against a woman with child, and she miscarry, but there is no other mischief, he shall, surely be fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him, but he shall give it through judges.
23 and if there is harm [to them], then you have given life for life,
But, if mischief follow, then shalt thou 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, stripe for stripe.
brand for brand, wound for wound, —stripe for stripe.
26 And when a man strikes the eye of his manservant, or the eye of his handmaid, and has destroyed it, he sends him away as a freeman for his eye;
And, when a man smiteth the eye of his servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and destroyeth it, he shall send him forth, free, for his eye;
27 and if he knocks out a tooth of his manservant or a tooth of his handmaid, he sends him away as a freeman for his tooth.
or, if, the tooth of his servant or the tooth of his handmaid, he knock out, he shall send him forth, free, for his tooth.
28 And when an ox gores man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox [is] acquitted;
And when an ox goreth a man or a woman, and death ensueth, the ox shall, surely be stoned and his flesh shall not be eaten, and the owner of the ox, shall be quit.
29 and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore before, and it has been testified to its owner, and he does not watch it, and it has put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner is also put to death.
But, if, the ox, was wont to gore before that time and it hath been attested to his owner, and he hath not proceeded to put him under guard, and he causeth the death of man or woman, the ox, shall be stoned, and, his owner also, shall be put to death.
30 If atonement is laid on him, then he has given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid on him;
If, a sin-covering, be laid on him, then shall he give a ransom for his life, according to whatsoever may be laid on him:
31 whether it gores a son or gores a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.
if, a son, he gore or, a daughter, he gore, according to this regulation, shall it be done to him;
32 If the ox gores a manservant or a handmaid, he gives thirty silver shekels to their lord, and the ox is stoned.
if, a servant the ox gore, or a handmaid, thirty shekels of silver, shall he give to his lord, and, the ox, shall be stoned.
33 And when a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or donkey has fallen [in] there—
And when a man openeth a pit, or when a man diggeth a pit, and doth not cover it, —and there falleth thereinto an ox or an ass,
34 the owner of the pit repays, he gives back money to its owner, and the dead is his.
the owner of the pit, shall make it good, silver, shall he pay back to the owner thereof, —and the dead beast, shall be his.
35 And when a man’s ox strikes the ox of his neighbor and it has died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and they also halve the dead one;
And when the ox of one man thrusteth the ox of his neighbour so that it dieth, then shall they sell the live ox and divide the silver thereof, and the dead ox also, shall they divide,
36 or, [if] it has been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore before, and its owner does not watch it, he certainly repays ox for ox, and the dead is his.
Or if it was known that, an ox, was, wont to gore, before that time, and his owner proceeded not to put him under guard, he shall surely make good, —an ox for the ox, and, the dead one, shall be his.

< Exodus 21 >