Exodus 21

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

“Now these are the ordinances which you shall set 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 buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.

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 in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out 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 she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out 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 shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out 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 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 forever.

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.

“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male 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 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, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

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

If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.

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

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

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

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

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

“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely 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 not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.

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.

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

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

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely 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.

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

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

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely 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 men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to 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 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.

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 strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.

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

Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, 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 fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.

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

But if any harm follows, then you must take life 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, and bruise for bruise.

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 strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

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.

If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.

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 a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held 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 bull had a habit of goring in the past, and this 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.

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 ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed.

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

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

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 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.

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 opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,

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 pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall 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!

“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.

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.

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.