1 “ Now these are the Laws which you are to give them.

`And these the judgments which thou dost set before them:

2 I f you buy a Hebrew servant, he will work for six years. In the seventh year he will go free, paying nothing.

`When thou buyest a Hebrew servant -- six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;

3 I f he comes alone, he will leave by himself. If he is married, then his wife will leave with him.

if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him;

4 I f his owner gives him a wife and she gives birth to his sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her owner, and he will leave by himself.

if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters -- the wife and her children are her lord's, and he goeth out by himself.

5 B ut if the servant says, ‘I love my owner, my wife and my children; I do not care to go free,’

`And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons -- I do not go out free;

6 t hen his owner will bring him to the judges. And he will bring him to the door or the side of the door. There his owner will make a hole in his ear with a sharp object. And he will serve him all his life.

then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him -- to the age.

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

`And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;

8 I f she does not please her owner who has taken her for himself, he will take pay for her to be set free. He does not have the right to sell her to a strange people, because he has not been fair to her.

if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.

9 I f he takes her for his son, he will act toward her as with a daughter.

`And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her.

10 I f he marries again, her food, clothing and marriage rights are to stay the same.

`If another he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;

11 A nd if he will not do these three things for her, then she may go free, without paying any money. Laws about Fighting and Killing

and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.

12 “ Whoever hits a man so that he dies will be put to death.

`He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

13 B ut if he did not plan to hurt him, but God allowed it to happen, then I will give you a place where he may run to be safe.

as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.

14 B ut if a man wants to hurt his neighbor and he plans to kill him, then you take him away from My altar and put him to death.

`And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.

15 “ Whoever hits his father or his mother will be put to death.

`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

16 “ Whoever steals a man and sells him, or keeps him for himself, will be put to death.

`And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.

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

`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

18 “ When men argue and one hits the other with a stone or with his hand, and he does not die but has to stay in bed because of it,

`And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;

19 t hen if he gets up and walks around outside using his walking stick, the one who hit him will not be punished. He will only pay for the loss of his time. And he will take care of him until he is healed.

if he rise, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed.

20 “ When a man hits his male or female servant with a stick so that he or she dies, he will be punished.

`And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand -- he is certainly avenged;

21 B ut if he or she lives a day or two, he will not be punished, for his servant belongs to him.

only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he his money.

22 “ If men fight with each other and hit a woman who is going to have a child so that she loses her baby but no other hurt comes to her, he must pay whatever the woman’s husband says he must, as agreed upon by the judges.

`And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges;

23 B ut if there is other hurt also, then it is life for life,

and if there is mischief, then thou hast given 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, cut for cut, sore for sore.

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

26 “ If a man hits the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he will let the person go free because of the eye.

`And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;

27 I f he knocks out a tooth of his man or woman servant, he will let the person go free because of the tooth. Laws about Owning Animals

and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.

28 “ When a bull kills a man or a woman with its horns, the bull will be killed with stones. And its flesh will not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be punished.

`And when an ox doth gore man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox acquitted;

29 B ut if a bull has tried to kill with its horns before, and the owner has been told but does not keep him shut up, and the bull kills a man or a woman, the bull will be killed with stones and the owner will be put to death.

and if the ox is accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.

30 B ut if he is allowed to pay for his life, then he will pay whatever is asked of him.

`If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;

31 I f the bull kills a son or a daughter, it will be punished by the same law.

whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.

32 I f the bull kills a male or female servant, the bull’s owner will give the servant’s owner thirty pieces of silver. And the bull will be killed with stones.

`If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.

33 “ When a man leaves a deep hole open, or digs a deep hole and does not cover it, and a bull or donkey falls into it,

`And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, --

34 t he owner of the hole will pay for the loss. He will give money to the animal’s owner. And the dead animal will become his.

the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.

35 “ If one man’s bull hurts another’s so that it dies, they will sell the live bull and divide the price so they will each have the same. And they will divide the dead bull.

`And when a man's ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve;

36 O r if it is known that the bull has tried to kill with its horns in the past, but its owner has not kept it shut up, he will pay bull for bull. And the dead animal will become his.

or, it hath been known that the ox is accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.