1 “ Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them:

¶ Now these are the rights 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 and pay nothing.

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

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

If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he was 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 by himself.

If 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.

5 B ut if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

And if the slave 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 the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.

Then 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.

7 “ And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.

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

8 I f she does not please her master, who has betrothed 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.

If 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.

9 A nd if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

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

10 I f he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights.

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

11 A nd if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money. The Law Concerning Violence

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

12 “ He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

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

13 H owever, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

And 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.

14 “ But if a man acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.

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

15 “ And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

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

16 “ He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

Likewise he that steals a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

17 “ And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

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

18 “ If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,

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

19 i f he rises again and walks about outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed.

if 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.

20 “ And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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

21 N otwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.

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

22 “ If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

¶ 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.

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

And if there is death, then thou shalt pay 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, stripe for stripe.

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

26 “ If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.

And 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.

27 A nd if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth. Animal Control Laws

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

28 “ If 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 acquitted.

If 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.

29 B ut if the ox tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.

But 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.

30 I f there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him.

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

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

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

32 I f the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

If 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.

33 “ And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it,

And 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,

34 t he owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal shall be his.

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

35 “ If one man’s ox hurts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead ox they shall also divide.

And 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.

36 O r if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.

Or 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.