Exodus 21:7-36

7“Now 1if a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to 2go free 3as the male slaves 4do. 8If she is 5displeasing in the eyes of her master 6who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people, because of his 7unfairness to her. 9And if he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters. 10If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her 8food, her clothing, or 9her conjugal rights. 11But if he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go 10free for nothing, without payment of money.

12“11He who strikes someone so that he dies shall certainly be put to death. 1312Yet 13if he did not lie in wait for him, but 14God caused him to fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee. 1415If, 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 16one who 17kidnaps someone, whether he sells him or he is found in his 18possession, shall certainly be put to death.

17“And 19one 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 20is 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 21loss of time, and 22shall 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 23at his hand, he shall 24be punished. 21If, however, the slave 25survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; 26for the slave is his 27property.

22“Now if people struggle with each other and strike a pregnant woman so that 28she gives birth prematurely, but there is no injury, the guilty person shall certainly be fined as the woman’s husband 29may demand of him, and he shall 30pay 31as the judges decide. 23But if there is any further injury, 32then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, 2433eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25burn for burn, wound for wound, 34bruise for bruise.

26“And if someone strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he shall let 35the slave go free on account of the eye. 27And if he 36knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let 37the slave go free on account of the tooth.

28“Now if an ox gores a man or a woman 38to death, 39the 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 40demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is 41demanded of him. 31Whether it gores a son or 42a daughter, it shall be done to him according to 43the same rule. 32If the ox gores a male or female slave, 44the owner shall give his or her master 4546thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

33“Now if someone opens a pit, or 47digs 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 48give 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.