New English Translation
Exodus 21:16-32
16“Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.
17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.
18“If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,
19and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person’s loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed.
20“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.
21However, if the injured servant survives one or two days, the owner will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss.
22“If men fight and hit a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no serious injury, he will surely be punished in accordance with what the woman’s husband demands of him, and he will pay what the court decides.
23But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,
24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
26“If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
27If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
28“If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.
29But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, and he did not take the necessary precautions, and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death.
30If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.
31If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule.
32If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.
Commentaries on Exodus 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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