Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set
before
them.
If thou buy an Hebrew
servant
, six
years
he shall serve
: and in the seventh
he shall go out
free
for nothing
.
If he came in by himself
, he shall go out
by himself
: if he were married
, then his wife
shall go out
with him.
If his master have given
him a wife
, and she have born
him sons
or daughters
; the wife
and her children
shall be her master's
, and he shall go out
by himself
.
And if the servant shall plainly
say
, I love
my master
, my wife
, and my children
; I will not go out
free
:
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 for ever
.
And if a man sell
his daughter
to be a maidservant
, she shall not go out
as the menservants
do
.
If she please not her master
, who hath betrothed
her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed
: to sell
her unto a strange
nation
he shall have no power
, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully
with her.
And if he have betrothed her unto his son
, he shall deal
with her after the manner
of daughters
.
If he take him another
wife ; her food
, her raiment
, and her duty of marriage
, shall he not diminish
.
And if he do not these three
unto her, then shall she go out
free
without money
.
He that smiteth a man
, so that he die
, shall be surely
put to death
.
And if a man lie not in wait, but God
deliver
him into his hand
; then I will appoint
thee a place
whither he shall flee
.
But if a man come presumptuously
upon his neighbour
, to slay
him with guile
; thou shalt take
him from mine altar
, that he may die
.
And he that smiteth his father
, or his mother
, shall be surely
put to death
.
And he that stealeth a man
, and selleth
him, or if he be found
in his hand
, he shall surely
be put to death
.
And he that curseth his father
, or his mother
, shall surely
be put to death
.
And if men strive
together, and one
smite
another
with a stone
, or
with his fist
, and he die
not, but keepeth
his bed
:
If he rise again, and walk
abroad
upon his staff
, then shall he that smote
him be quit
: only he shall pay
for the loss of his time
, and shall cause him to be thoroughly
healed
.
And if a man smite
his servant
, or his maid
, with a rod
, and he die
under his hand
; he shall be surely
punished
.
Notwithstanding, if he continue
a day
or two
, he shall not be punished
: for he is his money
.
If men strive
, and hurt
a woman
with child
, so that her fruit
depart
from her , and yet no mischief follow
: he shall be surely
punished
, according as the woman's
husband
will lay
upon him; and he shall pay
as the judges
determine .
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give
life
for life
,
Eye for eye
, tooth
for tooth
, hand
for hand
, foot
for foot
,
Burning for burning
, wound
for wound
, stripe
for stripe
.
And if a man smite
the eye
of his servant
, or the eye
of his maid
, that it perish
; he shall let him go
free
for
his eye's
sake.
And if he smite out his manservant's
tooth
, or his maidservant's
tooth
; he shall let him go
free
for his tooth's
sake.
If an ox gore
a man
or a woman
, that they die
: then the ox
shall be surely
stoned
, and his flesh
shall not be eaten
; but the owner
of the ox
shall be quit
.
But if the ox were wont to push with his horn
in time past
, and it hath been testified
to his owner
, and he hath not kept
him in, but that he hath killed
a man
or a woman
; the ox
shall be stoned
, and his owner
also shall be put to death
.
If there be laid on him a sum of money
, then he shall give
for the ransom
of his life
whatsoever is laid
upon him.
Whether he have gored a son
, or
have gored
a daughter
, according to this judgment
shall it be done
unto him.
If the ox shall push
a manservant
or a maidservant
; he shall give
unto their master
thirty
shekels
of silver
, and the ox
shall be stoned
.
And if a man shall open
a pit
, or if a man
shall dig
a pit
, and not cover
it, and an ox
or an ass
fall
therein;
The owner of the pit
shall make it good
, and give
money
unto the owner
of them; and the dead
beast shall be his.
And if one man's ox
hurt
another's
, that he die
; then they shall sell
the live
ox
, and divide
the money
of it; and the dead
ox also they shall divide
.
Or if it be known that the ox
hath used to push
in time past
, and his owner
hath not kept
him in; he shall surely
pay
ox
for ox
; and the dead
shall be his own.