21"Give the Israelites the following laws:H4941H7760H6440 2If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve you for six years. In the seventh year he is to be set free without having to pay anything.H7069H5680H5650H8337H8141H5647H7637H3318H2670H2600 3If he was unmarried when he became your slave, he is not to take a wife with him when he leaves; but if he was married when he became your slave, he may take his wife with him.H935H1610H3318H1610H1167H802H802H3318 4If his master gave him a wife and she bore him sons or daughters, the woman and her children belong to the master, and the man is to leave by himself.H113H5414H802H3205H1121H1323H802H3206H113H3318H1610 5But if the slave declares that he loves his master, his wife, and his children and does not want to be set free,H5650H559H559H157H113H802H1121H3318H2670 6then his master shall take him to the place of worship. There he is to make him stand against the door or the doorpost and put a hole through his ear. Then he will be his slave for life.H113H5066H430H5066H1817H4201H113H7527H241H4836H5647H5769 7"If a man sells his daughter as a slave, she is not to be set free, as male slaves are.H376H4376H1323H519H3318H5650H3318 8If she is sold to someone who intends to make her his wife, but he doesn't like her, then she is to be sold back to her father; her master cannot sell her to foreigners, because he has treated her unfairly.H7451H5869H113H3259H6299H4376H5237H5971H4910H898 9If a man buys a female slave to give to his son, he is to treat her like a daughter.H3259H1121H6213H4941H1323 10If a man takes a second wife, he must continue to give his first wife the same amount of food and clothing and the same rights that she had before.H3947H312H7607H3682H5772H1639 11If he does not fulfill these duties to her, he must set her free and not receive any payment.H6213H7969H3318H2600H3701 12"Whoever hits someone and kills him is to be put to death.H5221H376H4191H4191H4191 13But if it was an accident and he did not mean to kill him, he can escape to a place which I will choose for you, and there he will be safe.H6658H430H579H3027H7760H4725H5127 14But when someone gets angry and deliberately kills someone else, he is to be put to death, even if he has run to my altar for safety.H376H2102H7453H2026H6195H3947H4196H4191 15"Whoever hits his father or his mother is to be put to death.H5221H1H517H4191H4191 16"Whoever kidnaps someone, either to sell him or to keep him as a slave, is to be put to death.H1589H376H4376H4672H3027H4191H4191 17"Whoever curses his father or his mother is to be put to death.H7043H1H517H4191H4191 18"If there is a fight and someone hits someone else with a stone or with his fist, but does not kill him, he is not to be punished.H582H7378H376H5221H7453H68H176H106H4191H5307H4904 19If the one who was hit has to stay in bed, but later is able to get up and walk outside with the help of a cane, the one who hit him is to pay for his lost time and take care of him until he gets well.H6965H1980H2351H4938H5221H5352H5414H7674H7495H7495 20"If a slave owner takes a stick and beats his slave, whether male or female, and the slave dies on the spot, the owner is to be punished.H376H5221H5650H519H7626H4191H3027H5358H5358 21But if the slave does not die for a day or two, the master is not to be punished. The loss of his property is punishment enough.H389H5975H3117H8147H5358H3701 22"If some men are fighting and hurt a pregnant woman so that she loses her child, but she is not injured in any other way, the one who hurt her is to be fined whatever amount the woman's husband demands, subject to the approval of the judges.H582H5327H5062H802H2030H3206H3318H611H6064H6064H802H1167H7896H5414H6414 23But if the woman herself is injured, the punishment shall be life for life,H611H5414H5315H5315 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,H5869H5869H8127H8127H3027H3027H7272H7272 25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.H3555H3555H6482H6482H2250H2250 26"If someone hits his male or female slave in the eye and puts it out, he is to free the slave as payment for the eye.H376H5221H5869H5650H5869H519H7843H7971H2670H8478H5869 27If he knocks out a tooth, he is to free the slave as payment for the tooth.H5307H5650H8127H519H8127H7971H2670H8127 28"If a bull gores someone to death, it is to be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but its owner is not to be punished.H7794H5055H376H802H4191H7794H5619H5619H1320H398H1167H7794H5355 29But if the bull had been in the habit of attacking people and its owner had been warned, but did not keep it penned up - then if it gores someone to death, it is to be stoned, and its owner is to be put to death also.H7794H5056H8543H8032H5749H1167H8104H4191H376H802H7794H5619H1167H4191 30However, if the owner is allowed to pay a fine to save his life, he must pay the full amount required.H7896H3724H5414H6306H5315H7896 31If the bull kills a boy or a girl, the same rule applies.H5055H1121H176H5055H1323H4941H6213 32If the bull kills a male or female slave, its owner shall pay the owner of the slave thirty pieces of silver, and the bull shall be stoned to death.H7794H5055H5650H519H5414H113H7970H8255H3701H7794H5619 33"If someone takes the cover off a pit or if he digs one and does not cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,H376H6605H953H376H3738H953H3680H7794H2543H5307 34he must pay for the animal. He is to pay the money to the owner and may keep the dead animal.H1167H953H7999H7725H3701H1167H4191 35If someone's bull kills someone else's bull, the two of them shall sell the live bull and divide the money; they shall also divide up the meat from the dead animal.H376H7794H5062H7453H4191H4376H2416H7794H2673H3701H4191H2673 36But if it was known that the bull had been in the habit of attacking and its owner did not keep it penned up, he must make good the loss by giving the other man a live bull, but he may keep the dead animal.H3045H7794H5056H8543H8032H1167H8104H7999H7999H7794H7794H4191
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