Exodus 21

1 Now, these are the regulations which thou shalt put before them.

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

2 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.

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, by himself, he came in, by himself, shall he go out, —if he was married, 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 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.

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 But, if the servant shall plainly say, I love my lord, and my wife and my sons, —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 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.

his master shall bring him to the judgment-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 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,

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

8 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.

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, to his son, he assign her, according to the custom for daughters, shall he do for her.

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 to himself another, her food her clothing, and her marriage-right, shall he not withdraw.

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

11 But if these three, he will not do for her, then shall she go out for nought, without silver.

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 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.

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, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die.

And if any one lie in wait for his neighbor 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 of the sons of Israel, and selleth him, or 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 who revileth 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 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; —

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 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.

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 when a man shall smite his servant or his handmaid with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall, surely be 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, for a day or for two days, he continue, he shall not be avenged, for, his silver, he is.

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

22 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.

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 But, if 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 brand for brand, wound for wound, —stripe for stripe.

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

26 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;

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 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.

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 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.

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, 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.

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 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:

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, a son, he gore or, a daughter, he gore, according to this regulation, shall it be done to him;

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

32 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.

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 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,

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, silver, shall he pay back to 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 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,

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

36 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.

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.