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Exodus 21


Exodus 21 - 1

(“) These are the ordinances that you are to set before them :

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Exodus 21 - 2

If you buy a Hebrew servant , he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh (year) , he shall go free without paying anything.

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Exodus 21 - 3

If he arrived alone ... , he is to leave alone ... ; if ... he arrived with a wife , (she) is to leave with him.

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Exodus 21 - 4

If his master gives a wife and she bears sons or daughters , the woman and her children shall belong to her master , and (only) the man shall go free ....

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Exodus 21 - 5

But if the servant declares ... , ‘ I love - my master - and my wife - and children ; I do not want to go free , ’

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Exodus 21 - 6

then his master is to bring him before the Judges -. And he shall take him to the door or ... doorpost - - and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

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Exodus 21 - 7

And if a man - sells his daughter as a servant , she is not to go free ... as the menservants do.

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Exodus 21 - 8

If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself , he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners ... ... , since he has broken faith

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Exodus 21 - 9

And if he chooses her for his son , he must deal as with a daughter.

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Exodus 21 - 10

If he takes another wife , he must not reduce the food , clothing , or marital rights (of his first wife).

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Exodus 21 - 11

If, however , he does not provide with these three things , she is free to go ... without monetary payment.

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Exodus 21 - 12

Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.

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Exodus 21 - 13

If, however , he did not lie in wait , but God allowed it to happen ... , then I will appoint a place where he may flee ....

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Exodus 21 - 14

But if a man schemes and Acts - willfully against his neighbor to kill him , you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

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Exodus 21 - 15

Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

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Exodus 21 - 16

Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death ... , whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

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Exodus 21 - 17

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

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Exodus 21 - 18

If men are quarreling and one - strikes the other with a stone or a fist , and he does not die but is confined to bed ,

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Exodus 21 - 19

then the one who struck him shall go unpunished , as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless , he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.

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Exodus 21 - 20

If a man - strikes his manservant or - maidservant with a rod , and the servant dies by his hand , he shall surely be punished.

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Exodus 21 - 21

However , if (the servant) gets up after a day or two , the owner shall not be punished , since (the servant is) his property.

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Exodus 21 - 22

If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely , but there is no (further) injury , he shall surely be fined ... as the woman’s husband demands - and as the court allows ....

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Exodus 21 - 23

But if a serious injury results , then you must require a life for a life —

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Exodus 21 - 24

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

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Exodus 21 - 25

burn for burn , wound for wound , (and) stripe for stripe.

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Exodus 21 - 26

If a man - strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or - maidservant , he must let the servant go free as compensation for ... the eye.

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Exodus 21 - 27

And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant , he must let the servant go free as compensation for ... the tooth.

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Exodus 21 - 28

If an ox - gores a man or - woman to death , the ox must surely be stoned , and its meat must not be eaten. - But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

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Exodus 21 - 29

But if the ox has a habit ... of goring , ... and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it , and it kills a man or woman , then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

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Exodus 21 - 30

If payment is demanded of him {instead} , he may redeem his life by paying the full - amount demanded of him.

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Exodus 21 - 31

If (the ox) gores a son or a daughter , ... it shall be done according to the same rule.

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Exodus 21 - 32

If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant , (the owner) must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant , and the ox must be stoned.

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Exodus 21 - 33

If a man opens - or ... digs ... a pit and fails to cover it , and an ox or a donkey falls into it ,

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Exodus 21 - 34

the owner of the pit shall make restitution ; he must pay ... its owner , and the dead (animal) will be

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Exodus 21 - 35

If a man’s - ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies , they must sell - the live (one) and divide - the proceeds ; they also must - divide the dead animal.

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Exodus 21 - 36

But if it was known that the ox had a habit ... of goring , ... yet its owner failed to restrain it , he shall pay full compensation ... , ox for ox , and the dead (animal) will be

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