Exodus 21
1 'And these [are] the judgments which thou dost set before them:
Now these are the ordinances 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 buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh 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 come in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he be 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 give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
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 servant shall plainly say: I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go 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 unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto 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 selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
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 she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed; to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
9 'And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her.
And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of 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, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.
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 unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.
12 'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;
He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to 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 lie not in wait, but God cause it to come to hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he may 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.
And if a man come presumptuously upon 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.
And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to 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, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17 'And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to 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;
And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his 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 he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
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 bondman, or his bondwoman, with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
21 only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.
Notwithstanding if he continue a day or two, he 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;
And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow, he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23 and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,
But if any harm follow, then thou shalt 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 burning for burning, 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 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 the eye of his bondman, or the eye of his bondwoman, and destroy it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
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.
And if he smite out his bondman's tooth, or his bondwoman's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
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;
And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
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.
But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and warning hath been given to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
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 laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.
Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
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 ox gore a bondman or a bondwoman, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be 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 if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass 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; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be 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 one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dieth; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall divide.
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 be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own.
