Exodus 21

1 'And these [are] the judgments which thou dost set before them:

Now these are the lawes, which thou shalt set before them:

2 'When thou buyest a Hebrew servant — six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;

If thou bye an Ebrewe seruant, he shall serue sixe yeres, and in the seuenth he shall go out free, for nothing.

3 if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him;

If he came himselfe alone, he shall goe out himselfe alone: if hee were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

4 if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters — the wife and her children are her lord's, and he goeth out by himself.

If his master haue giuen him a wife, and she hath borne him sonnes or daughters, he wife and her children shalbe her masters, but he shall goe out himselfe alone.

5 'And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons — I do not go out free;

But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free,

6 then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him — to the age.

Then his master shall bring him vnto the Iudges, and set him to the dore, or to the poste, and his master shall bore his eare through with a nawle, and he shall serue him for euer.

7 'And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;

Likewise if a man sell his daughter to be a seruant, she shall not goe out as the men seruantes doe.

8 if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.

If shee please not her master, who hath betrothed her to him selfe, then shall hee cause to buy her: hee shall haue no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he despised her.

9 'And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her.

But if he hath betrothed her vnto his sonne, he shall deale with her according to the custome of the daughters.

10 'If another [woman] he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;

If he take him another wife, he shall not diminish her foode, her rayment, and recompence of her virginitie.

11 and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.

And if he do not these three vnto her, the shall she go out free, paying no money.

12 'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

He that smiteth a man, and he die, shall dye the death.

13 as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.

And if a man hath not layed wayte, but God hath offered him into his hande, then I wil appoynt thee a place whither he shall flee.

14 'And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.

But if a man come presumptuously vpon his neighbour to slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

15 'And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

Also hee that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

16 'And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if it be founde with him, shall die the death.

17 'And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

18 'And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;

When men also striue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but lieth in bed,

19 if he rise, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed.

If hee rise againe and walke without vpon his staffe, then shall he that smote him go quite, saue onely hee shall beare his charges for his resting, and shall pay for his healing.

20 'And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand — he is certainly avenged;

And if a man smite his seruant, or his maide with a rod, and he die vnder his hande, he shalbe surely punished.

21 only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.

But if he continue a day, or two dayes, hee shall not be punished: for he is his money.

22 'And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges;

Also if men striue and hurt a woman with childe, so that her childe depart from her, and death follow not, hee shall bee surely punished according as the womans husband shall appoynt him, or he shall pay as the Iudges determine.

23 and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,

But if death follow, then thou shalt paye life for life,

24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hande for hand, foote for foote,

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

Burning for burning, wound for wounde, stripe for stripe.

26 'And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;

And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall let him goe free for his eye.

27 and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.

Also if he smite out his seruants tooth, or his maides tooth, he shall let him goe out free for his tooth.

28 'And when an ox doth gore man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox [is] acquitted;

If an oxe gore a man or a woman, that he die, the oxe shalbe stoned to death, and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the oxe shall goe quite.

29 and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.

If the oxe were wont to push in times past, and it hath bene tolde his master, and hee hath not kept him, and after he killeth a man or a woman, the oxe shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.

30 'If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;

If there be set to him a summe of mony, then he shall pay the raunsome of his life, whatsoeuer shalbe laied vpon him.

31 whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.

Whether he hath gored a sonne or gored a daughter, he shalbe iudged after the same maner.

32 'If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.

If the oxe gore a seruant or a mayde, hee shall giue vnto their master thirtie shekels of siluer, and the oxe shalbe stoned.

33 'And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, —

And when a man shall open a well, or when he shall dig a pit and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein,

34 the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.

The owner of the pit shall make it good, and giue money to the owners thereof, but the dead beast shalbe his.

35 'And when a man's ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve;

And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he die, then they shall sel the liue oxe, and deuide the money thereof, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide.

36 or, it hath been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.

Or if it bee knowen that the oxe hath vsed to push in times past, and his master hath not kept him, he shall pay oxe for oxe, but the dead shall be his owne.