Exodus 21
1 Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.
And these [are] the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.
2 If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing.
3 If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.
If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out.
4 If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.
Moreover, if his master give him a wife, and she have [born] him sons or daughters, the wife and the children shall be his master's; and he shall go forth alone.
5 But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:
And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;
6 Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.
his master shall bring him to the judgment-seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, —to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
7 And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.
And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maid-servants depart.
8 If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.
If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.
9 And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.
And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters.
10 And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.
And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship [with him].
11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.
And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.
12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
And if any man smite another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.
13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.
But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give thee a place whither the slayer may flee.
14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
And if any one lie in wait for his neighbour to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from my altar to put him to death.
15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.
16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.
He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.
17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.
18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
And if two men revile each other and smite the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;
19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.
if the man arise and walk abroad on his staff, he that smote him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing.
20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
And if a man smite his man-servant or his maid-servant, with a rod, and [the party] die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.
21 But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.
But if [the servant] continue to live a day or two, let not [the master] be punished; for he is his money.
22 If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
And if two men strive and smite a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.
23 But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,
But if it be perfectly formed, he shall 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, blow for blow.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
And if one smite the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maid-servant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.
27 Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.
And if he should smite out the tooth of his man-servant, or the tooth of his maid-servant, he shall send them away free for their tooth's sake.
28 If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.
And if a bull gore a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.
29 But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.
But if the bull should have been given to goring in former time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.
30 If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.
And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.
31 If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.
And if [the bull] gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance.
32 If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.
And if the bull gore a man-servant or maid-servant, he shall pay to their master thirty silver didrachms, and the bull shall be stoned.
33 If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;
And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,
34 The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.
35 And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.
And if any man's bull gore the bull of his neighbour, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull.
36 But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.
But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.
