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

And these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

2 I f thou should buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

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

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

If he came in alone, he shall go out alone: if he had a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.

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

If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone.

5 A nd if the slave shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free.

But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free;

6 T hen his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him forever.

then his master shall bring him before the judges, and shall bring him to the door, or to the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall be his bondman for ever.

7 A nd if a man should sell his daughter to be a maidslave, she shall not go out as the menslaves do.

And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.

8 I f she pleases not her master, who therefore took her not unto himself to wife, then it is permitted that she be ransomed; and he may not sell her unto a strange nation when he rejects her.

If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.

9 A nd if he has betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

And if he have appointed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the law of daughters.

10 I f he takes another wife, her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, he shall not diminish.

If he take himself another, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish.

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

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

12 ¶ He that smites a man so that he dies shall be surely put to death.

He that striketh a man, so that he die, shall certainly be put to death.

13 A nd if a man did not lie in wait but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint thee a place where he shall flee.

But if he have not lain in wait, and God have delivered into his hand, I will appoint thee a place to which he shall flee.

14 B ut if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbour to slay him with prudence, thou shalt take him from my altar that he may die.

But if a man act wantonly toward his neighbour, and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

15 A nd he that smites his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.

16 L ikewise he that steals a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he 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 certainly be put to death.

17 I n the same manner he that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

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

18 A nd if men strive together and one smites another with a stone or with his fist and he dies not, but keeps his bed,

And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to bed,

19 i f he rises again and walks abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be absolved, only he shall pay for the loss of his time and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

—if he rise, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that struck be guiltless; only he shall pay the loss of his time, and shall cause to be thoroughly healed.

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

And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.

21 N otwithstanding, if he continues a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his money.

Only, if he continue a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.

22 ¶ If men strive and hurt a woman with child so that she aborts but without death, he shall be surely punished according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him, and he shall pay by the judges.

And if men strive together, and strike a woman with child, so that she be delivered, and no mischief happen, he shall in any case be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and shall give it as the judges estimate.

23 A nd if there is death, then thou shalt pay life for life,

But if mischief happen, 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 urning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

branding for branding, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

26 A nd if someone smites the eye of their slave or the eye of their maid that it perishes, he shall let them go free for their eye’s sake.

And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.

27 A nd if he smites out his manslave’s tooth or his maidslave’s tooth, he shall let them go free for their tooth’s sake.

And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his handmaid's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth.

28 I f an ox gores a man or a woman that they die, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be absolved.

And if an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they die, then the ox shall certainly be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be guiltless.

29 B ut if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past and it has been testified to his owner, and he has not kept him in, but that he has killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

But if the ox have gored heretofore, and it have been testified to its owner, and he have not kept it in, and it kill a man or a woman,—the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

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

If there be imposed on him a satisfaction, then he shall give the ransom of his life, according to what is imposed on him.

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

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

32 I f the ox shall gore a manslave or a maidslave, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

If the ox gore a bondman or a handmaid, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

33 A nd if someone shall open a pit or if someone shall dig a pit and not cover it and an ox or an ass falls in it,

—And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,

34 t he owner of the pit shall make it good and give money unto their owner, and the dead beast shall be his.

the owner of the pit shall make it good, shall give money to the owner of them; and the dead shall be his.

35 A nd if one man’s ox hurts another’s that he dies; then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money of it, and the dead ox they shall also divide.

—And if one man's ox gore his neighbour's ox, and it die, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money thereof, and divide the dead also.

36 O r if it is known that the ox used to push in time past and his owner has not kept him in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead shall be his own.

Or if it be known that the ox have gored heretofore, and its owner have not kept him in, he shall in any case restore ox for ox; and the dead shall be his.