1 N ow these are the ordinances you shall set before.

Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.

2 I f you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, paying nothing.

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

3 I f he came by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he came married, then his wife shall go out with him.

If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.

4 I f his master has given him a wife and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out alone.

If his master give him a wife and she bear him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

5 B ut if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go free,

But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

6 T hen his master shall bring him to God; he shall bring him to the door or doorpost and shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him for life.

then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

7 I f a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant or bondwoman, she shall not go out as menservants do.

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.

8 I f she does not please her master who has not espoused her to himself, he shall let her be redeemed. To sell her to a foreign people he shall have no power, for he has dealt faithlessly with her.

If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a foreign people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

9 A nd if he espouses her to his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.

And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

10 I f he marries again, her food, clothing, and privilege as a wife shall he not diminish.

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

11 A nd if he does not do these three things for her, then shall she go out free, without payment of money.

And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.

12 W hoever strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

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

13 B ut if he did not lie in wait for him, but God allowed him to fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee.

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

14 B ut if a man comes willfully upon another to slay him craftily, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.

And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

15 W hoever strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

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

16 W hoever kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or is found with him in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

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

17 W hoever curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

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

18 I f men quarrel and one strikes another with a stone or with his fist and he does not die but keeps his bed,

And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

19 I f he rises again and walks about leaning upon his staff, then he that struck him shall be clear, except he must pay for the loss of his time and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

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

20 A nd if a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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

21 B ut if the servant lives on for a day or two, the offender shall not be punished, for he his own property.

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

22 I f men contend with each other, and a pregnant woman is hurt so that she has a miscarriage, yet no further damage follows, shall surely be punished with a fine to the woman’s husband, as much as the judges determine.

And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

23 B ut if any damage follows, then you shall give life for life,

But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

24 E ye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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

25 B urn for burn, wound for wound, and lash for lash.

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

26 A nd if a man hits the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid so that it is destroyed, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

27 A nd if he knocks out his manservant’s tooth or his maidservant’s tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

And if he smite out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

28 I f 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 clear.

And if an ox gore a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

29 B ut if the ox has tried to gore before, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it closed in and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also put to death.

But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

30 I f a ransom is put on life, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him.

If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

31 I f the has gored another’s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.

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

32 I f the ox gores a manservant or a maidservant, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

If the ox gore a man-servant or a maid-servant, there shall be given unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

33 I f a man leaves a pit open or digs a pit and does not cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,

34 T he owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to the animal’s owner, but the dead beast shall be his.

the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead beast shall be his.

35 I f one man’s ox hurts another’s so that it dies, they shall sell the live ox and divide the price of it; the dead ox also they shall divide between them.

And if one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dieth, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it: and the dead also they shall divide.

36 O r if it is known that the ox has gored in the past, and its owner has not kept it closed in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.

Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own.