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Exodus 21
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The Law Concerning Servants

21"Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them:H4941H7760H6440 2"If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.H7069H5680H5650H8337H8141H5647H7637H3318H2670H2600 3"If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.H935H1610H3318H1610H1167H802H802H3318 4"If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.H113H5414H802H3205H1121H1323H802H3206H113H3318H1610 5"But if the servant plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,'H5650H559H559H157H113H802H1121H3318H2670 6"then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.H113H5066H430H5066H1817H4201H113H7527H241H4836H5647H5769 7"And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.H376H4376H1323H519H3318H5650H3318 8"If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.H7451H5869H113H3259H6299H4376H5237H5971H4910H898 9"And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.H3259H1121H6213H4941H1323 10"If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights.H3947H312H7607H3682H5772H1639 11"And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.H6213H7969H3318H2600H3701

The Law Concerning Violence

12"He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.H5221H376H4191H4191H4191 13"However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.H6658H430H579H3027H7760H4725H5127 14"But if a man acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.H376H2102H7453H2026H6195H3947H4196H4191 15"And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.H5221H1H517H4191H4191 16"He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.H1589H376H4376H4672H3027H4191H4191 17"And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.H7043H1H517H4191H4191 18"If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,H582H7378H376H5221H7453H68H176H106H4191H5307H4904 19"if he rises again and walks about outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed.H6965H1980H2351H4938H5221H5352H5414H7674H7495H7495 20"And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.H376H5221H5650H519H7626H4191H3027H5358H5358 21"Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.H389H5975H3117H8147H5358H3701 22"If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman's husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.H582H5327H5062H802H2030H3206H3318H611H6064H6064H802H1167H7896H5414H6414 23"But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,H611H5414H5315H5315 24"eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,H5869H5869H8127H8127H3027H3027H7272H7272 25"burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.H3555H3555H6482H6482H2250H2250 26"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.H376H5221H5869H5650H5869H519H7843H7971H2670H8478H5869 27"And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.H5307H5650H8127H519H8127H7971H2670H8127

Animal Control Laws

28"If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted.H7794H5055H376H802H4191H7794H5619H5619H1320H398H1167H7794H5355 29"But if the ox tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.H7794H5056H8543H8032H5749H1167H8104H4191H376H802H7794H5619H1167H4191 30"If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him.H7896H3724H5414H6306H5315H7896 31"Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.H5055H1121H176H5055H1323H4941H6213 32"If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.H7794H5055H5650H519H5414H113H7970H8255H3701H7794H5619 33"And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it,H376H6605H953H376H3738H953H3680H7794H2543H5307 34"the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal shall be his.H1167H953H7999H7725H3701H1167H4191 35"If one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead ox they shall also divide.H376H7794H5062H7453H4191H4376H2416H7794H2673H3701H4191H2673 36"Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.H3045H7794H5056H8543H8032H1167H8104H7999H7999H7794H7794H4191


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