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

“Now these are the ordinances which you shall 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 you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.

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 comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, 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 gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

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 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 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 to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him 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.

“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.

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 doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.

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

If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.

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

If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

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

If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.

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

“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely 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 not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where 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.

If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely 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.

“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

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

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely 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,

“If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined 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 rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is 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.

“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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

Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.

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.

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.

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

But if any harm follows, then you must take 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.

burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

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.

“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

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.

If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female 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 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.

“If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.

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 bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also 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 a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid 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 has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall 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 bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, 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,

“If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls 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. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal 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.

“If one man’s bull injures another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.

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 is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.