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Exodus 21:17-20

17Anyone who cursesוּמְקַלֵּ֥לu.me.ka.LelH7043his fatherאָבִ֛יו'a.VivH1or motherוְאִמּ֖וֹve.'i.MoH517must surely be put to deathH4191.

18Ifוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588menאֲנָשִׁ֔ים'a.na.ShimH582are quarrelingיְרִיבֻ֣ןye.ri.VunH7378and oneאִישׁ֙'ishH376אֶת־'et-H853strikesוְהִכָּה־ve.hi.kah-H5221the otherרֵעֵ֔הוּre.'E.huH7453with a stoneבְּאֶ֖בֶןbe.'E.venH68orא֣וֹ'oH176a fistבְאֶגְרֹ֑ףve.'eg.RofH106,and he does notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808dieיָמ֖וּתya.MutH4191but is confinedוְנָפַ֥לve.na.FalH5307to bedלְמִשְׁכָּֽב׃le.mish.KavH4904,

19then the one who struck himהַמַּכֶּ֑הha.ma.KehH5221shall go unpunishedוְנִקָּ֣הve.ni.KahH5352,as long asאִם־'im-H518the other can get upיָק֞וּםya.KumH6965and walk aroundוְהִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְve.hit.ha.LekhH1980outsideבַּח֛וּץba.ChutzH2351withעַל־'al-H5921his staffמִשְׁעַנְתּ֖וֹmish.'an.ToH4938.Neverthelessרַ֥קrakH7535,he must compensateיִתֵּ֖ןyi.TenH5414the man for his lost workשִׁבְתּ֛וֹshiv.ToH7674and see that he is completely healedH7495.

20Ifוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588a manאִ֨ישׁ'ishH376אֶת־'et-H853strikesיַכֶּה֩ya.KehH5221his manservantעַבְדּ֜וֹav.DoH5650orא֤וֹ'oH176אֶת־'et-H853maidservantאֲמָתוֹ֙'a.ma.ToH519with a rodבַּשֵּׁ֔בֶטba.She.vetH7626,and the servant diesוּמֵ֖תu.MetH4191byתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478his handיָד֑וֹya.DoH3027,he shall surely be punishedH5358.

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