Exodus 21

1 And these [are] the judgments which you will set before them.

Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.

2 For you will buy a slave Hebrew six years he will serve and in the seventh [year] he will go out to free [person] without paying.

If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.

3 If with body his he will come with body his he will go out if [is the] husband of a wife he and she will go out wife his with him.

If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.

4 If master his he will give to him a wife and she will bear to him sons or daughters the woman and children her she will belong to master her and he he will go out with body his.

If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.

5 And if carefully he will say the slave I love master my wife my and children my not I will go out a free [person].

But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:

6 And he will bring near him master his to God and he will bring near him to the door or to the doorpost and he will pierce master his ear his with the awl and he will serve him for ever.

Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

7 And if he will sell a man daughter his to a female slave not she will go out when go out the [male] slaves.

And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.

8 If she is bad in [the] eyes of master her who (for himself *Q(K)*) he designated her and he will let be ransomed her to a people foreign not he will have dominion to sell her because has dealt treacherously he with her.

If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

9 And if for son his he will designate her according to [the] custom of daughters he will do to her.

And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.

10 If another [woman] he will take for himself food her covering her and right to intercourse her not he will reduce.

And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.

11 And if three [things] these not he will do for her and she will go out without paying not money.

And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

12 [one who] will strike anyone And he will die certainly he will be put to death.

He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

13 And that not he was lying in wait and God he allowed to happen to hand his and I will designate for you a place where he will flee there.

But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.

14 And if he will act presumptuously anyone on neighbor his to kill him with cunning from with altar my you will take him to die.

But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

15 And [one who] will strike father his and mother his certainly he will be put to death.

Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

16 And [one who] will steal anyone and he will sell him and he will be found in hand his certainly he will be put to death.

Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

17 And [one who] will curse father his and mother his certainly he will be put to death.

Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

18 And if they will quarrel! men and he will strike anyone neighbor his with a stone or with a fist and not he will die and he will fall to a bed.

If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;

19 If he will arise and he will walk about on the outside on staff his and he will be free from guilt the [one who] struck only sitting still his he will pay for and certainly he will have [him] healed.

If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.

20 And if he will strike anyone [male] slave his or female slave his with the rod and he will die under hand his certainly he will be avenged.

If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.

21 Nevertheless if a day or two days he will remain not he will be avenged for [is] money his he.

But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.

22 And if they will struggle together men and they will strike a woman pregnant and they will come out children her and not it will be harm certainly he will be fined just as he will impose on him [the] husband of the woman and he will give for [the] estimate.

If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.

23 And if harm it will be and you will give a life in place of a life.

But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,

24 An eye in place of an eye a tooth in place of a tooth a hand in place of a hand a foot in place of a foot.

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

25 Burning in place of burning bruise in place of bruise wound in place of wound.

Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.

26 And if he will strike anyone [the] eye of [male] slave his or [the] eye of female slave his and he will destroy it to free [person] he will set free him in place of eye his.

If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.

27 And if [the] tooth of [male] slave his or [the] tooth of female slave his he will knock out to free [person] he will set free him in place of tooth his.

Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.

28 And if it will gore an ox a man or a woman and he will die certainly it will be stoned to death the ox and not it will be eaten meat its and [the] owner of the ox [will be] free from guilt.

If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.

29 And if [will be] an ox prone to gore it from yesterday three days ago and it has been protested on owner its and not he will guard it and it will kill a man or a woman the ox it will be stoned to death and also owner its he will be put to death.

But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.

30 If a ransom it will be imposed on him and he will give [the] ransom of life his according to all that it will be imposed on him.

If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.

31 Or a son it will gore or a daughter it will gore according to the judgment this it will be done to him.

If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.

32 If a [male] slave it will gore the ox or a female slave silver - thirty shekels he will give to master his and the ox it will be stoned to death.

If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.

33 And if he will open anyone a pit or for he will dig anyone a pit and not he will cover it and it will fall there an ox or a donkey.

If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;

34 [the] owner of The pit he will make compensation silver he will repay to owner its and the dead [animal] it will be[long] to him.

The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.

35 And if it will strike [the] ox of anyone [the] ox of neighbor his and it will die and they will sell the ox living and they will divide silver its and also the dead [animal] they will divide!

And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.

36 Or it is known that [is] an ox prone to gore it from yesterday three days ago and not he guarded it owner its certainly he will make compensation an ox in place of the ox and the dead [animal] it will be[long] to him.

But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.