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the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If she please not her master, who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange people he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money.</p> <p class="hdg">Personal Injury Laws</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And if men contend, and one smiteth the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed: <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But if the ox were wont to gore 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If the ox gore a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.</p> <p class="hdg">Laws about Restitution</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall divide. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/exodus/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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