Exodus 21:12-36

12“1He who strikes someone so that he dies shall certainly be put to death. 132Yet 3if he did not lie in wait for him, but 4God caused him to fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee. 145If, however, someone is enraged against his neighbor, so as to kill him in a cunning way, you are to take him even from My altar, to be put to death.

15“And one who strikes his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.

16“Now 6one who 7kidnaps someone, whether he sells him or he is found in his 8possession, shall certainly be put to death.

17“And 9one who curses his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.

18“Now if people have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with a fist, and he does not die but 10is confined to bed, 19if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his 11loss of time, and 12shall pay for his care until he is completely healed.

20“And if someone strikes his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies 13at his hand, he shall 14be punished. 21If, however, the slave 15survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; 16for the slave is his 17property.

22“Now if people struggle with each other and strike a pregnant woman so that 18she gives birth prematurely, but there is no injury, the guilty person shall certainly be fined as the woman’s husband 19may demand of him, and he shall 20pay 21as the judges decide. 23But if there is any further injury, 22then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, 2423eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25burn for burn, wound for wound, 24bruise for bruise.

26“And if someone strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he shall let 25the slave go free on account of the eye. 27And if he 26knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let 27the slave go free on account of the tooth.

28“Now if an ox gores a man or a woman 28to death, 29the ox shall certainly be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished. 29If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death. 30If a ransom is 30demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is 31demanded of him. 31Whether it gores a son or 32a daughter, it shall be done to him according to 33the same rule. 32If the ox gores a male or female slave, 34the owner shall give his or her master 3536thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

33“Now if someone opens a pit, or 37digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall 38give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his.

35“And if someone’s ox injures another’s ox so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide its proceeds equally; and they shall also divide the dead ox. 36Or if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, yet its owner has not confined it, he must make restitution of ox for ox, and the dead animal shall become his.