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And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who 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 unfairness to her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>If he will not do these three <i>things</i> for her, then she shall go out for nothing, without <i>payment of</i> money.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Personal Injuries</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>But if he did not lie in wait <i>for him,</i> but God let <i>him</i> fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>If, however, a man acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him craftily, you are to take him <i>even</i> from My altar, that he may die.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>If men have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with <i>his</i> fist, and he does not die but remains in bed, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>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 loss of time, and shall take care of him until he is completely healed.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for he is his property.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the womans husband may demand of him, and he shall pay as the judges <i>decide.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>But if there is <i>any further</i> injury, then you shall appoint <i>as a penalty</i> life for life, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>And if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let him go free on account of his tooth.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>If a ransom is demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is demanded of him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>Whether it gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his <i>or her</i> master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>If a man opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead <i>animal</i> shall become his.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>If one mans ox hurts anothers so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide its price equally; and also they shall divide the dead <i>ox.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>Or <i>if</i> 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 <i>animal</i> shall become his.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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