Exodus 21:1 - Prayer Tents

21These are the ordinances that you shall set before them:H4941H7760H6440 2When you buy a male Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, but in the seventh he shall go out a free person, without debt.H7069H5680H5650H8337H8141H5647H7637H3318H2670H2600 3If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.H935H1610H3318H1610H1167H802H802H3318 4If 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 alone.H113H5414H802H3205H1121H1323H802H3206H113H3318H1610 5But if the slave declares, "I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out a free person,"H5650H559H559H157H113H802H1121H3318H2670 6then his master shall bring him before God. He shall be brought to the door or the doorpost; and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him for life.H113H5066H430H5066H1817H4201H113H7527H241H4836H5647H5769 7When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.H376H4376H1323H519H3318H5650H3318 8If she does not please her master, who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed; he shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt unfairly with her.H7451H5869H113H3259H6299H4376H5237H5971H4910H898 9If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.H3259H1121H6213H4941H1323 10If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish the food, clothing, or marital rights of the first wife.H3947H312H7607H3682H5772H1639 11And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out without debt, without payment of money.H6213H7969H3318H2600H3701 12Whoever strikes a person mortally shall be put to death.H5221H376H4191H4191H4191 13If it was not premeditated, but came about by an act of God, then I will appoint for you a place to which the killer may flee.H6658H430H579H3027H7760H4725H5127 14But if someone willfully attacks and kills another by treachery, you shall take the killer from my altar for execution.H376H2102H7453H2026H6195H3947H4196H4191 15Whoever strikes father or mother shall be put to death.H5221H1H517H4191H4191 16Whoever kidnaps a person, whether that person has been sold or is still held in possession, shall be put to death.H1589H376H4376H4672H3027H4191H4191 17Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.H7043H1H517H4191H4191 18When individuals quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or fist so that the injured party, though not dead, is confined to bed,H582H7378H376H5221H7453H68H176H106H4191H5307H4904 19but recovers and walks around outside with the help of a staff, then the assailant shall be free of liability, except to pay for the loss of time, and to arrange for full recovery.H6965H1980H2351H4938H5221H5352H5414H7674H7495H7495 20When a slaveowner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner shall be punished.H376H5221H5650H519H7626H4191H3027H5358H5358 21But if the slave survives a day or two, there is no punishment; for the slave is the owner's property.H389H5975H3117H8147H5358H3701 22When people who are fighting injure a pregnant woman so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no further harm follows, the one responsible shall be fined what the woman's husband demands, paying as much as the judges determine.H582H5327H5062H802H2030H3206H3318H611H6064H6064H802H1167H7896H5414H6414 23If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,H611H5414H5315H5315 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,H5869H5869H8127H8127H3027H3027H7272H7272 25burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.H3555H3555H6482H6482H2250H2250 26When a slaveowner strikes the eye of a male or female slave, destroying it, the owner shall let the slave go, a free person, to compensate for the eye.H376H5221H5869H5650H5869H519H7843H7971H2670H8478H5869 27If the owner knocks out a tooth of a male or female slave, the slave shall be let go, a free person, to compensate for the tooth.H5307H5650H8127H519H8127H7971H2670H8127 28When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall not be liable.H7794H5055H376H802H4191H7794H5619H5619H1320H398H1167H7794H5355 29If the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not restrained it, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.H7794H5056H8543H8032H5749H1167H8104H4191H376H802H7794H5619H1167H4191 30If a ransom is imposed on the owner, then the owner shall pay whatever is imposed for the redemption of the victim's life.H7896H3724H5414H6306H5315H7896 31If it gores a boy or a girl, the owner shall be dealt with according to this same rule.H5055H1121H176H5055H1323H4941H6213 32If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall pay to the slaveowner thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.H7794H5055H5650H519H5414H113H7970H8255H3701H7794H5619 33If someone leaves a pit open, or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,H376H6605H953H376H3738H953H3680H7794H2543H5307 34the owner of the pit shall make restitution, giving money to its owner, but keeping the dead animal.H1167H953H7999H7725H3701H1167H4191 35If someone's ox hurts the ox of another, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the price of it; and the dead animal they shall also divide.H376H7794H5062H7453H4191H4376H2416H7794H2673H3701H4191H2673 36But if it was known that the ox was accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not restrained it, the owner shall restore ox for ox, but keep the dead animal.H3045H7794H5056H8543H8032H1167H8104H7999H7999H7794H7794H4191