Exodus 21

¹“These are the judgments which you shall place before them:

²If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you; in the seventh, he shall depart freely, without charge.

³With whatever clothing he arrived, with the like let him depart. If he has a wife, his wife also shall depart, at the same time.

⁴But if his lord gave him a wife, and she has borne sons and daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her lord. Yet still, he himself will go out with his clothing.

⁵And if the servant will say, ‘I love my lord, and my wife and children, I will not depart freely,’

⁶then his lord shall make an offering for him to the heavens, and it shall be applied to the door and the posts, and he will pierce his ear with an awl. And he shall be his servant in perpetuity.

⁷If anyone sells his daughter to be a servant, she shall not depart as a female servant is accustomed to go out.

⁸If she displeases the eyes of her lord, to whom she had been delivered, he shall dismiss her. But he shall have no authority to sell her to a foreign people, even if he despises her.

⁹But if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall treat her according to the custom with daughters.

¹⁰And if he takes another for him, he shall provide to the maiden a marriage, and clothing, and he shall not refuse the price of her chastity.

¹¹If he does not do these three things, she shall depart freely, without money.

¹²Whoever strikes a man, intending to murder, shall be put to death.

¹³But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands, then I will appoint for you a place to which he must flee.

¹⁴If someone murders his neighbor with deliberation, by lying in wait, you shall tear him away from my altar, so that he may die.

¹⁵Whoever strikes his father or mother shall die a death.

¹⁶Whoever will have stolen a man and sold him, having been convicted of the crime, shall be put to death.

¹⁷Whoever speaks evil of his father or mother shall die a death.

¹⁸If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck his neighbor with a stone or a fist, and he does not die, but lies in bed,

¹⁹if he gets up again and can walk outside on his staff, he who struck him will be innocent, but only if he makes sufficient restitution for his deeds and for the cost of the physicians.

²⁰Whoever strikes his male or female servant with a staff, and if they have died by his hands, he shall be guilty of a crime.

²¹But if he survives for one day or two, he shall not be subject to punishment, because it is his money.

²²If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck a pregnant woman, and as a result she miscarries, but she herself survives, he shall be subject to as much damage as the husband of the woman shall petition from him, or as arbitrators shall judge.

²³But if her death will have followed, he will repay a life for a life,

²⁴an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,

²⁵a scrape for a scrape, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.

²⁶If anyone will have struck the eye of his male or female servant, having left them with one eye, he shall release them freely, because of the eye that he has put out.

²⁷Likewise, if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female servant, he shall similarly release them freely.

²⁸If an ox has struck a man or a woman with his horn, and if they die, it shall be stoned. And its flesh shall not be eaten; also, the owner of the ox will be innocent.

²⁹But if the ox had been pushing with his horn, from yesterday and the day before, and they warned his owner, but he did not confine it, and it will have killed a man or a woman, then the ox shall be stoned, and his owner shall be killed.

³⁰But if they have imposed a price on him, he shall give, in exchange for his life, whatever is asked.

³¹Likewise, if it has struck a son or a daughter with its horns, it shall be subject to a similar verdict.

³²If it attacks a male or female servant, he shall give thirty shekels of silver to their lord, yet truly the ox shall be stoned.

³³If a man digs or opens a cistern, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

³⁴then the owner of the cistern shall repay the price of the beasts, and what is dead will belong to him.

³⁵If the ox of a stranger wounds the ox of another, and it has died, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the price, but the carcass of the dead one they shall distribute between them.

³⁶But if he knew that his ox had pushed with its horns, yesterday and the day before, and its owner did not confine it, then he shall repay an ox for an ox, and he will receive the whole carcass.”

Exodus 21

¹These are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

²If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee; in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

³With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him.

⁴But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters; the woman and her children shall be her master's: but he himself shall go out with his raiment.

⁵And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:

⁶His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.

⁷If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out.

⁸If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her.

⁹But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

¹⁰And if he take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity.

¹¹If he do not these three things, she shall go out free without money.

¹²He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death.

¹³But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee.

¹⁴If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose, and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar that he may die.

¹⁵He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death.

¹⁶He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of the guilt, shall be put to death.

¹⁷He that curseth his father or mother, shall die the death.

¹⁸If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

¹⁹If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians.

²⁰He that striketh his bondman, or bondwoman, with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime.

²¹But if the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is his money.

²²If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with child and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman's husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award.

²³But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life,

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

²⁵Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

²⁶If any man strike the eye of his manservant or maidservant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free for the eye which he put out.

²⁷Also if he strike out a tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he shall in like manner make them free.

²⁸If an ox gore a man or a woman, and they die, he shall be stoned: and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

²⁹But if the ox was wont to push with his horn yesterday, and the day before, and they warned his master, and he did not shut him up, and he shall kill a man or a woman: then the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

³⁰And if they set a price upon him, he shall give for his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

³¹If he have gored a son, or a daughter, he shall fall under the like sentence.

³²If he assault a bondman or bondwoman, he shall give thirty sicles of silver to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.

³³If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it,

³⁴The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is dead shall be his own.

³⁵If one man's ox gore another man's ox, and he die: they shall sell the live ox, and shall divide the price, and the carcass of that which died they shall part between them:

³⁶But if he knew that his ox was wont to push yesterday, and the day before, and his master did not keep him in; he shall pay ox for ox, and shall take the whole carcass.