Exodus 21
1 'And these [are] the judgments which thou dost set before them:
And these are the laws of justice 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 shall he 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 came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he was the husband of a woman, then shall his wife 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 should give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters: the wife and her children shall belong to her master, 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;
And if the servant should 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 shall his master bring him unto the judges, and he 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 till the jubilee.
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 for a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants go out.
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, to whom he hath assigned her, then shall he aid her to be redeemed: unto a strange nation he shall have no power to sell her, seeing he hath dealt faithlessly with her.
9 'And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her.
And if he should assign her unto his son, then shall he do unto her after the right 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 himself another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, 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 things unto her, then shall she go out free, 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 die, 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 he did not lie in wait, but God let it come into his hand, then will I appoint 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 upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile, from my altar shalt thou take him, 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 surely be 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, and he be found in his hand, 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 strive together, and one smite the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but keepeth 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 crutch, 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 servant or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand, it shall be surely avenged.
21 only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.
Nevertheless, if he continue alive a day or two, it shall not be avenged; 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;
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her children depart from her, and yet no farther mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, [with a fine, ] according as the husband of the woman will lay upon him; and he shall pay this by the decision of the judges.
23 and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,
And if any mischief follow, then shalt thou 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, bruise for bruise.
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 servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish, he shall let him go free for the sake of 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.
And if he strike out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for the sake of 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 ox gore a man or a woman, that he die: then shall the ox be surely stoned, and his 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 were wont to gore in time past, and warning have been given to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, and he killeth a man or a woman: the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also should of right 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;
But there shall be laid on him a sum of money in atonement, and he shall give the ransom of his life whatsoever may be laid upon him.
31 whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.
If he gore a son, or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall 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 man-servant or a maid-servant, thirty shekels of silver shall he give to his master, 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 open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do 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 make restitution in money unto the owner thereof; 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 the ox of another, that he die: then shall they sell the live ox, and divide his money; and the dead ox 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.
But if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in: he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall belong to him.
