Exodus 21:16-32

16“He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

17“And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

18“If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,

19if he rises again and walks about outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed.

20“And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

21Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.

22“If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

23But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,

24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

26“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.

27And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.

28“If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted.

29But if the ox tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.

30If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him.

31Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.

32If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.