Exodus 21

1 "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.

And these are the judgments which thou shalt 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.

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

3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.

If he came in alone, he shall go out alone: if he had a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.

4 If 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.

If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone.

5 But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;'

But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free;

6 then 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 for ever.

then his master shall bring him before the judges, and shall bring him to the door, or to the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall be his bondman for ever.

7 "If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.

And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.

8 If 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, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.

If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.

9 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

And if he have appointed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the law of daughters.

10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

If he take himself another, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish.

11 If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.

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

12 "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

He that striketh a man, so that he die, shall certainly be put to death.

13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.

But if he have not lain in wait, and God have delivered [him] into his hand, I will appoint thee a place to which he shall flee.

14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

But if a man act wantonly toward his neighbour, and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

15 "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.

16 "Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his possession, he shall surely be put to death.

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

17 "Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall certainly 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;

And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to [his] bed,

19 if 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.

— if he rise, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that struck [him] be guiltless; only he shall pay [for] the loss of his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed.

20 "If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a staff, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.

21 Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.

Only, if he continue [to live] a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.

22 "If men fight and strike a pregnant woman so that her child is born prematurely, but there is no injury, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.

And if men strive together, and strike a woman with child, so that she be delivered, and no mischief happen, he shall in any case be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and shall give it as the judges estimate.

23 But if there is injury, then you must take life for life,

But if mischief happen, then thou shalt 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, and bruise for bruise.

branding for branding, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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.

And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.

27 If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his handmaid's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth.

28 "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.

And if an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they die, then the ox shall certainly be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be guiltless.

29 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it 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.

But if the ox have gored heretofore, and it have been testified to its owner, and he have not kept it in, and it kill a man or a woman, — the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

30 If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.

If there be imposed on him a satisfaction, then he shall give the ransom of his life, according to what is imposed on him.

31 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.

Whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him.

32 If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.

If the ox gore a bondman or a handmaid, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, 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,

— 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 into it,

34 the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.

the owner of the pit shall make it good, shall give money to the owner of them; and the dead [ox] 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.

— And if one man's ox gore his neighbour's ox, and it die, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money thereof, and divide the dead also.

36 Or 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.

Or if it be known that the ox have gored heretofore, and its owner have not kept him in, he shall in any case restore ox for ox; and the dead shall be his.