Exodus 21
1 “Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them:
| וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּשִׂ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ |
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
| כִּ֤י תִקְנֶה֙ עֶ֣בֶד עִבְרִ֔י שֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים יַעֲבֹ֑ד וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔ת יֵצֵ֥א לַֽחָפְשִׁ֖י חִנָּֽם׃ |
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.
| אִם־בְּגַפֹּ֥ו יָבֹ֖א בְּגַפֹּ֣ו יֵצֵ֑א אִם־בַּ֤עַל אִשָּׁה֙ ה֔וּא וְיָצְאָ֥ה אִשְׁתֹּ֖ו עִמֹּֽו׃ |
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.
| אִם־אֲדֹנָיו֙ יִתֶּן־לֹ֣ו אִשָּׁ֔ה וְיָלְדָה־לֹ֥ו בָנִ֖ים אֹ֣ו בָנֹ֑ות הָאִשָּׁ֣ה וִילָדֶ֗יהָ תִּהְיֶה֙ לַֽאדֹנֶ֔יהָ וְה֖וּא יֵצֵ֥א בְגַפֹּֽו׃ |
5 But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’
| וְאִם־אָמֹ֤ר יֹאמַר֙ הָעֶ֔בֶד אָהַ֙בְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֲדֹנִ֔י אֶת־אִשְׁתִּ֖י וְאֶת־בָּנָ֑י לֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א חָפְשִֽׁי׃ |
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 forever.
| וְהִגִּישֹׁ֤ו אֲדֹנָיו֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְהִגִּישֹׁו֙ אֶל־הַדֶּ֔לֶת אֹ֖ו אֶל־הַמְּזוּזָ֑ה וְרָצַ֨ע אֲדֹנָ֤יו אֶת־אָזְנֹו֙ בַּמַּרְצֵ֔עַ וַעֲבָדֹ֖ו לְעֹלָֽם׃ ס |
7 “If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
| וְכִֽי־יִמְכֹּ֥ר אִ֛ישׁ אֶת־בִּתֹּ֖ו לְאָמָ֑ה לֹ֥א תֵצֵ֖א כְּצֵ֥את הָעֲבָדִֽים׃ |
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, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.
| אִם־רָעָ֞ה בְּעֵינֵ֧י אֲדֹנֶ֛יהָ אֲשֶׁר־לֹא (לֹ֥ו) יְעָדָ֖הּ וְהֶפְדָּ֑הּ לְעַ֥ם נָכְרִ֛י לֹא־יִמְשֹׁ֥ל לְמָכְרָ֖הּ בְּבִגְדֹו־בָֽהּ׃ |
9 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.
| וְאִם־לִבְנֹ֖ו יִֽיעָדֶ֑נָּה כְּמִשְׁפַּ֥ט הַבָּנֹ֖ות יַעֲשֶׂה־לָּֽהּ׃ |
10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
| אִם־אַחֶ֖רֶת יִֽקַּֽח־לֹ֑ו שְׁאֵרָ֛הּ כְּסוּתָ֥הּ וְעֹנָתָ֖הּ לֹ֥א יִגְרָֽע׃ |
11 If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
| וְאִם־שְׁלָ֨שׁ־אֵ֔לֶּה לֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה לָ֑הּ וְיָצְאָ֥ה חִנָּ֖ם אֵ֥ין כָּֽסֶף׃ ס |
12 “One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
| מַכֵּ֥ה אִ֛ישׁ וָמֵ֖ת מֹ֥ות יוּמָֽת׃ |
13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
| וַאֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א צָדָ֔ה וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אִנָּ֣ה לְיָדֹ֑ו וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י לְךָ֙ מָקֹ֔ום אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָנ֖וּס שָֽׁמָּה׃ ס |
14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbour to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
| וְכִי־יָזִ֥ד אִ֛ישׁ עַל־רֵעֵ֖הוּ לְהָרְגֹ֣ו בְעָרְמָ֑ה מֵעִ֣ם מִזְבְּחִ֔י תִּקָּחֶ֖נּוּ לָמֽוּת׃ ס |
15 “Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
| וּמַכֵּ֥ה אָבִ֛יו וְאִמֹּ֖ו מֹ֥ות יוּמָֽת׃ |
16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
| וְגֹנֵ֨ב אִ֧ישׁ וּמְכָרֹ֛ו וְנִמְצָ֥א בְיָדֹ֖ו מֹ֥ות יוּמָֽת׃ ס |
17 “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
| וּמְקַלֵּ֥ל אָבִ֛יו וְאִמֹּ֖ו מֹ֥ות יוּמָֽת׃ ס |
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;
| וְכִֽי־יְרִיבֻ֣ן אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְהִכָּה־אִישׁ֙ אֶת־רֵעֵ֔הוּ בְּאֶ֖בֶן אֹ֣ו בְאֶגְרֹ֑ף וְלֹ֥א יָמ֖וּת וְנָפַ֥ל לְמִשְׁכָּֽב׃ |
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.
| אִם־יָק֞וּם וְהִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ בַּח֛וּץ עַל־מִשְׁעַנְתֹּ֖ו וְנִקָּ֣ה הַמַּכֶּ֑ה רַ֥ק שִׁבְתֹּ֛ו יִתֵּ֖ן וְרַפֹּ֥א יְרַפֵּֽא׃ ס |
20 “If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.
| וְכִֽי־יַכֶּה֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶת־עַבְדֹּ֜ו אֹ֤ו אֶת־אֲמָתֹו֙ בַּשֵּׁ֔בֶט וּמֵ֖ת תַּ֣חַת יָדֹ֑ו נָקֹ֖ם יִנָּקֵֽם׃ |
21 Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant is his property.
| אַ֥ךְ אִם־יֹ֛ום אֹ֥ו יֹומַ֖יִם יַעֲמֹ֑ד לֹ֣א יֻקַּ֔ם כִּ֥י כַסְפֹּ֖ו הֽוּא׃ ס |
22 “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.
| וְכִֽי־יִנָּצ֣וּ אֲנָשִׁ֗ים וְנָ֨גְפ֜וּ אִשָּׁ֤ה הָרָה֙ וְיָצְא֣וּ יְלָדֶ֔יהָ וְלֹ֥א יִהְיֶ֖ה אָסֹ֑ון עָנֹ֣ושׁ יֵעָנֵ֗שׁ כּֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֨ר יָשִׁ֤ית עָלָיו֙ בַּ֣עַל הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וְנָתַ֖ן בִּפְלִלִֽים׃ |
23 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
| וְאִם־אָסֹ֖ון יִהְיֶ֑ה וְנָתַתָּ֥ה נֶ֖פֶשׁ תַּ֥חַת נָֽפֶשׁ׃ |
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
| עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן יָ֚ד תַּ֣חַת יָ֔ד רֶ֖גֶל תַּ֥חַת רָֽגֶל׃ |
25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
| כְּוִיָּה֙ תַּ֣חַת כְּוִיָּ֔ה פֶּ֖צַע תַּ֣חַת פָּ֑צַע חַבּוּרָ֕ה תַּ֖חַת חַבּוּרָֽה׃ ס |
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.
| וְכִֽי־יַכֶּ֨ה אִ֜ישׁ אֶת־עֵ֥ין עַבְדֹּ֛ו אֹֽו־אֶת־עֵ֥ין אֲמָתֹ֖ו וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּ לֽ͏ַחָפְשִׁ֥י יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ תַּ֥חַת עֵינֹֽו׃ ס |
27 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.
| וְאִם־שֵׁ֥ן עַבְדֹּ֛ו אֹֽו־שֵׁ֥ן אֲמָתֹ֖ו יַפִּ֑יל לֽ͏ַחָפְשִׁ֥י יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ תַּ֥חַת שִׁנֹּֽו׃ פ |
28 “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.
| וְכִֽי־יִגַּ֨ח שֹׁ֥ור אֶת־אִ֛ישׁ אֹ֥ו אֶת־אִשָּׁ֖ה וָמֵ֑ת סָקֹ֨ול יִסָּקֵ֜ל הַשֹּׁ֗ור וְלֹ֤א יֵאָכֵל֙ אֶת־בְּשָׂרֹ֔ו וּבַ֥עַל הַשֹּׁ֖ור נָקִֽי׃ |
29 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.
| וְאִ֡ם שֹׁור֩ נַגָּ֨ח ה֜וּא מִתְּמֹ֣ל שִׁלְשֹׁ֗ם וְהוּעַ֤ד בִּבְעָלָיו֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׁמְרֶ֔נּוּ וְהֵמִ֥ית אִ֖ישׁ אֹ֣ו אִשָּׁ֑ה הַשֹּׁור֙ יִסָּקֵ֔ל וְגַם־בְּעָלָ֖יו יוּמָֽת׃ |
30 If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed.
| אִם־כֹּ֖פֶר יוּשַׁ֣ת עָלָ֑יו וְנָתַן֙ פִּדְיֹ֣ן נַפְשֹׁ֔ו כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יוּשַׁ֖ת עָלָֽיו׃ |
31 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgement it shall be done to him.
| אֹו־בֵ֥ן יִגָּ֖ח אֹו־בַ֣ת יִגָּ֑ח כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט הַזֶּ֖ה יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לֹּֽו׃ |
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.
| אִם־עֶ֛בֶד יִגַּ֥ח הַשֹּׁ֖ור אֹ֣ו אָמָ֑ה כֶּ֣סֶף ׀ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שְׁקָלִ֗ים יִתֵּן֙ לַֽאדֹנָ֔יו וְהַשֹּׁ֖ור יִסָּקֵֽל׃ ס |
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,
| וְכִֽי־יִפְתַּ֨ח אִ֜ישׁ בֹּ֗ור אֹ֠ו כִּֽי־יִכְרֶ֥ה אִ֛ישׁ בֹּ֖ר וְלֹ֣א יְכַסֶּ֑נּוּ וְנָֽפַל־שָׁ֥מָּה שֹּׁ֖ור אֹ֥ו חֲמֹֽור׃ |
34 the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
| בַּ֤עַל הַבֹּור֙ יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם כֶּ֖סֶף יָשִׁ֣יב לִבְעָלָ֑יו וְהַמֵּ֖ת יִֽהְיֶה־לֹּֽו׃ ס |
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.
| וְכִֽי־יִגֹּ֧ף שֹֽׁור־אִ֛ישׁ אֶת־שֹׁ֥ור רֵעֵ֖הוּ וָמֵ֑ת וּמָ֨כְר֜וּ אֶת־הַשֹּׁ֤ור הַחַי֙ וְחָצ֣וּ אֶת־כַּסְפֹּ֔ו וְגַ֥ם אֶת־הַמֵּ֖ת יֽ͏ֶחֱצֽוּן׃ |
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.
| אֹ֣ו נֹודַ֗ע כִּ֠י שֹׁ֣ור נַגָּ֥ח הוּא֙ מִתְּמֹ֣ול שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם וְלֹ֥א יִשְׁמְרֶ֖נּוּ בְּעָלָ֑יו שַׁלֵּ֨ם יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם שֹׁור֙ תַּ֣חַת הַשֹּׁ֔ור וְהַמֵּ֖ת יִֽהְיֶה־לֹּֽו׃ ס |
