Exodus 21

1 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

And these [are] the ordinances which you shall set before them.

2 If thou shalt buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall depart free for nothing.

If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing.

3 If he came in by himself, he shall depart by himself: if he was married, then his wife shall depart with him.

If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out.

4 If his master hath given him a wife, and she hath borne him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall depart by himself.

Moreover, if his master give him a wife, and she have [born] him sons or daughters, the wife and the children shall be his master's; and he shall go forth alone.

5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not depart free:

And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;

6 Then his master shall bring him to the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or to the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

his master shall bring him to the judgement-seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, —to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.

7 And if a man shall sell his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not depart as the male slaves do.

And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maidservants depart.

8 If she shall not please her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.

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

And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters.

10 If he shall take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship [with him].

11 And if he shall not perform these three things for her, then shall she depart free without money.

And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.

12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

And if any man strike another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.

13 And if a man shall not lie in wait, but God shall deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place where he shall flee.

But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give you a place whither the slayer may flee.

14 But if a man shall come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from my altar, that he may die.

And if any one lie in wait for his neighbour to kill him by craft, and he go for refuge, you shall take him from my altar to put him to death.

15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.

16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he shall be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.

17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.

18 And if men contend together, and one shall smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he shall not die, but keepeth to his bed:

And if two men revile each other and strike the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;

19 If he shall rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be clear: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

if the man arise and walk abroad on his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing.

20 And if a man shall smite his male or female servant, with a rod, and he shall die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

And if a man strike his man-servant or his maidservant, with a rod, and [the party] die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.

21 However, if he shall continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.

But if [the servant] continue to live a day or two, let not [the master] be punished; for he is his money.

22 If men shall contend, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit shall depart from her, and yet no harm follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

And if two men strive and strike a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.

23 And if any harm shall follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life,

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

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

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

burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

26 And if a man shall smite the eye of his male servant, or the eye of his female servant, that it shall perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

And if one strike the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.

27 And if he shall smite out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

And if he should strike out the tooth of his man-servant, or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send them away free for their tooth's sake.

28 If an ox shall gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be clear.

And if a bull gore a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.

29 But if the ox was accustomed to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not restrained him, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

But if the bull should have been given to goring in former time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.

30 If there shall be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatever is laid upon him.

And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.

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

And if [the bull] gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance.

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

And if the bull gore a man-servant or maidservant, he shall pay to their master thirty silver didrachmas, and the bull shall be stoned.

33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey shall fall into it;

And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,

34 The owner of the pit shall make payment, and give money to the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.

35 And if one man’s ox shall hurt another’s, that he shall die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.

And if any man's bull gore the bull of his neighbour, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull.

36 Or if it shall be known that the ox was accustomed to push in time past, and his owner hath not restrained him; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.