Exodus 21
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Exodus 21:20-27

20“When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse, the owner must be punished.

21However, if the slave can stand up after a day or two, the owner should not be punished because he is his owner’s property.

22“When men get in a fight and hit a pregnant woman so that her children are born prematurely but there is no injury, the one who hit her must be fined as the woman’s husband demands from him, and he must pay according to judicial assessment.

23If there is an injury, then you must give life for life,

24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25burn for burn, bruise for bruise, wound for wound.

26“When a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his eye.

27If he knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his tooth.

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