"Now these are the aordinances
which
you are to set
before
them:
"If you buy
aa Hebrew
slave
, he shall serve
for six
years
; but on the seventh
he shall go
out as a free
man
without
payment
.
"If he comes
1alone
, he shall go
out 1alone
; if
he is the husband
of a wife
, then his wife
shall go
out with him.
"If his master
gives
him a wife
, and she bears
him sons
or
daughters
, the wife
and her children
shall belong
to her master
, and he shall go
out 1alone
.
"But aif the slave
plainly
says
, `I love
my master
, my wife
and my children
; I will not go
out as a free
man
,'
then his master shall bring
him to 1God
, then he shall bring
him to the door
or
the doorpost
. And his master
shall pierce
his ear
with an awl
; and he shall serve
him permanently
.
" aIf a man
sells
his daughter
as a female
slave
, she is not to 1go
free
bas the male
slaves
1do
.
"If she is 1displeasing
in the eyes
of her master
2who
designated
her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed
. He does not have
authority
to sell
her to a foreign
people
because of his 3unfairness
to her.
"If he designates
her for his son
, he shall deal
with her according to the custom
of daughters
.
"If he takes
to himself another
woman
, he may not reduce
her 1food
, her clothing
, or aher conjugal
rights
.
"If he will not do
these
three
things for her, then she shall go
out for nothing
, without
payment of money
.
" aHe who strikes a man
so that he dies
shall surely
be put
to death
.
" aBut 1if he did not lie
in wait
for him, but bGod
let
him fall
into his hand
, then I will appoint
you a place
to which
he may flee
.
" aIf, however, a man
acts
presumptuously
toward
his neighbor
, so as to kill
him craftily
, you are to take
him even from My altar
, that he may die
.
"He who strikes his father
or his mother
shall surely
be put
to death
.
" aHe who 1kidnaps a man
, whether he sells
him or he is found
in his 2possession
, shall surely
be put
to death
.
" aHe who curses his father
or his mother
shall surely
be put
to death
.
"If men
have
a quarrel
and one
strikes
the other
with a stone
or
with his fist
, and he does not die
but 1remains
in bed
,
if he gets
up and walks
around
outside
on his staff
, then he who struck
him shall go
unpunished
; he shall only
pay
for his 1loss
of time
, and 2shall take
care
of him until he is completely
healed
.
"If a man
strikes
his male
or
female
slave
with a rod
and he dies
1at his hand
, he shall 2be punished
.
"If, however
, he 1survives
a day
or
two, no
vengeance
shall be taken
; afor he is his 2property
.
"If men
struggle
with each other and strike
a woman
with child
so that 1she gives
birth
prematurely
, yet there is no
injury
, he shall surely
be fined
as the woman's
husband
2may demand
of him, and he shall apay
3as the judges
decide.
"But if there is any further injury
, athen you shall appoint
as a penalty life
for life
,
aeye for eye
, tooth
for tooth
, hand
for hand
, foot
for foot
,
burn for burn
, wound
for wound
, 1bruise
for bruise
.
"If a man
strikes
the eye
of his male
or
female
slave
, and destroys
it, he shall let him go
free
on account
of his eye
.
"And if he 1knocks
out a tooth
of his male
or
female
slave
, he shall let him go
free
on account
of his tooth
.
"If an ox
gores
a man
or
a woman
1to death
, athe ox
shall surely
be stoned
and its flesh
shall not be eaten
; but the owner
of the ox
shall go
unpunished
.
"If, however, an ox
was previously
in the habit
of goring
and its owner
has been warned
, yet he does not confine
it and it kills
a man
or
a woman
, the ox
shall be stoned
and its owner
also
shall be put
to death
.
"If a ransom
is 1demanded
of him, then he shall give
for the redemption
of his life
whatever
is 1demanded
of him.
"Whether it gores
a son
or
1a daughter
, it shall be done
to him according to 2the same
rule
.
"If the ox
gores
a male
or
female
slave
, 1the owner shall give
his or her master
athirty
shekels
of silver
, and the ox
shall be stoned
.
"If a man
opens
a pit
, or
1digs
a pit
and does not cover
it over, and an ox
or
a donkey
falls
into it,
the owner of the pit
shall make
restitution
; he shall 1give
money
to its owner
, and the dead
animal shall become
his.
"If one man's
ox
hurts
another's
so that it dies
, then they shall sell
the live
ox
and divide
its price
equally; and also
they shall divide
the dead
ox.
"Or if it is known
that the ox
was previously
in the habit
of goring
, yet its owner
has not confined
it, he shall surely
pay
ox
for ox
, and the dead
animal shall become
his.