Exodus 21
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Exodus 21:18-27

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 1is 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 2loss of time, and 3shall 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 4at his hand, he shall 5be punished. 21If, however, the slave 6survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; 7for the slave is his 8property.

22“Now if people struggle with each other and strike a pregnant woman so that 9she gives birth prematurely, but there is no injury, the guilty person shall certainly be fined as the woman’s husband 10may demand of him, and he shall 11pay 12as the judges decide. 23But if there is any further injury, 13then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, 2414eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25burn for burn, wound for wound, 15bruise for bruise.

26“And if someone strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he shall let 16the slave go free on account of the eye. 27And if he 17knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let 18the slave go free on account of the tooth.

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Notes

  1. 1. Exodus 21:18 Lit lies in ↩
  2. 2. Exodus 21:19 Lit his sitting ↩
  3. 3. Exodus 21:19 Lit healing, he shall cause to be healed ↩
  4. 4. Exodus 21:20 Lit under ↩
  5. 5. Exodus 21:20 Lit suffer vengeance ↩
  6. 6. Exodus 21:21 Lit stands ↩
  7. 7. Exodus 21:21 Lev 25:44-46 ↩
  8. 8. Exodus 21:21 Lit money ↩
  9. 9. Exodus 21:22 Or an untimely birth occurs; lit her children come out ↩
  10. 10. Exodus 21:22 Lit lays on him ↩
  11. 11. Exodus 21:22 Ex 21:30; Deut 22:18, 19 ↩
  12. 12. Exodus 21:22 Lit by arbitration ↩
  13. 13. Exodus 21:23 Lev 24:19; Deut 19:21 ↩
  14. 14. Exodus 21:24 Lev 24:20; Deut 19:21; Matt 5:38 ↩
  15. 15. Exodus 21:25 Lit welt ↩
  16. 16. Exodus 21:26 Lit him go...his eye ↩
  17. 17. Exodus 21:27 Lit causes to fall ↩
  18. 18. Exodus 21:27 Lit him go...his tooth ↩

Commentaries on Exodus 21

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