Exodus 21
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Exodus 21:20-27

20“Whenever an owner hits his male or female slave with a stick so that the slave dies from the beating, the owner must be punished.

21But if the slave gets up in a day or two, the owner must not be punished. The slave is his property.

22“This is what you must do whenever men fight and injure a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely. If there are no other injuries, the offender must pay whatever fine the court allows the woman’s husband to demand.

23If anyone is injured, the offender must pay a life for a life,

24an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,

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

26“Whenever an owner hits his male or female slave in the eye and the slave is blinded, he must let the slave go free to make up for the loss of the eye.

27If the owner knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free to make up for the loss of the tooth.

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