New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 21:33-36

33“IfH3588a manH376opensיִפְתַּ֨חyif.TachH6605a pitבּ֗וֹרBorH953,orא֠וֹ'oH176digsיִכְרֶ֥הyikh.RehH3738a pitבֹּ֖רborH953and does not coverיְכַסֶּ֑נּוּye.khas.Se.nuH3680it over, and an oxשּׁ֖וֹרShorH7794orא֥וֹ'oH176a donkeyחֲמֽוֹר׃cha.MorH2543fallsוְנָֽפַל־ve.na.fal-H5307into it,

34the ownerבַּ֤עַלBa.'alH1167of the pitהַבּוֹר֙ha.bOrH953shall makeיְשַׁלֵּ֔םye.sha.LemH7999restitutionH7999; he shallgiveיָשִׁ֣יבya.ShivH7725moneyכֶּ֖סֶףKe.sefH3701to its ownerלִבְעָלָ֑יוliv.'a.LavH1167,and the deadוְהַמֵּ֖תve.ha.MetH4191animalshall becomeיִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-H1961his.

35“Ifוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588one man’sאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376oxH7794hurtsיִגֹּ֧ףyi.GofH5062another’sרֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.huH7453so that it diesוָמֵ֑תva.MetH4191,then they shall sellוּמָ֨כְר֜וּu.Ma.khe.RuH4376the liveהַחַי֙ha.ChaiH2416oxH7794and divideוְחָצ֣וּve.cha.TzuH2673its priceכַּסְפּ֔וֹkas.PoH3701equally; and alsoוְגַ֥םve.GamH1571they shall divideיֶֽחֱצֽוּן׃Ye.che.TzunH2673the deadהַמֵּ֖תha.MetH4191ox.

36Orא֣וֹ'oH176ifit is knownנוֹדַ֗עno.Da'H3045that the oxשׁ֣וֹרShorH7794was previouslyמִתְּמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֔םmi.te.Mol shil.ShomH8543 H8032in the habitH5056of goringנַגָּ֥חna.GachH5056,yet its ownerבְּעָלָ֑יוbe.'a.LavH1167has not confinedיִשְׁמְרֶ֖נּוּyish.me.Re.nuH8104it, he shall surelyשַׁלֵּ֨םsha.LemH7999payיְשַׁלֵּ֥םye.sha.LemH7999oxשׁוֹר֙shOrH7794for oxהַשּׁ֔וֹרha.ShorH7794,and the deadוְהַמֵּ֖תve.ha.MetH4191animalshall becomeיִֽהְיֶה־yih.yeh-H1961his.

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