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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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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="/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><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/exodus/21.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />He that striketh a man, so that he die, shall certainly be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall be surely put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />"One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kent/the_origin_and_permanent_value_of_the_old_testament/viii_the_development_of_the.htm">The Development of the Earlier Old Testament Laws</a><br></span><span class="snippet">[Sidenote: First the principle, and then the detailed laws] If the canon of the New Testament had remained open as long as did that of the Old, there is little doubt that it also would have contained many laws, legal precedents, and ecclesiastical histories. From the writings of the Church Fathers and the records of the Catholic Church it is possible to conjecture what these in general would have been. The early history of Christianity illustrates the universal fact that the broad principles are <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kent/the_origin_and_permanent_value_of_the_old_testament/viii_the_development_of_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Foster Kent—</span><span class="citation2">The Origin & Permanent Value of the Old Testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_kinsman_redeemer.htm">The Kinsman Redeemer</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him.'--LEV. xxv. 48. There are several of the institutions and precepts of the Mosaic legislation which, though not prophetic, nor typical, have yet remarkable correspondences with lofty Christian truth. They may be used as symbols, if only we remember that we are diverting them from their original purpose. How singularly these words lend themselves to the statement of the very central truths of Christianity--a slavery <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_kinsman_redeemer.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/non-resistance.htm">Non-Resistance</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39. But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 41. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.'--MATT. v. 38-42. The old law <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/non-resistance.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/a_discourse_of_the_building.htm">A Discourse of the Building, Nature, Excellency, and Government of the House of God; with Counsels and Directions to the Inhabitants Thereof. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">BY JOHN BUNYAN, OF BEDFORD. 'Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.'--Psalm 26:8 ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. Beautiful in its simplicity is this treatise on the Church of Christ, by John Bunyan. He opens, with profound knowledge and eminent skill, all those portions of sacred writ which illustrate the nature, excellency, and government of the house of God, with the personal and relative duties of its inhabitants. It was originally published in <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/a_discourse_of_the_building.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Bunyan—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/grimke/an_appeal_to_the_christian_women_of_the_south/appeal_to_the_christian_women.htm">Appeal to the Christian Women of the South</a><br></span><span class="snippet">BY A.E. GRIMKE. "Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not within thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place: but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this. And Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer:--and so will I go in unto the king, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/grimke/an_appeal_to_the_christian_women_of_the_south/appeal_to_the_christian_women.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Angelina Emily Grimke—</span><span class="citation2">An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/tolstoy/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you/chapter_i_the_doctrine_of.htm">The Doctrine of Non-Resistance to Evil by Force Has Been Professed by a Minority of Men from the Very Foundation of Christianity. Of the Book "What</a><br></span><span class="snippet">CHAPTER I. THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY FORCE HAS BEEN PROFESSED BY A MINORITY OF MEN FROM THE VERY FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIANITY. Of the Book "What I Believe"--The Correspondence Evoked by it-- Letters from Quakers--Garrison's Declaration--Adin Ballou, his Works, his Catechism--Helchitsky's "Net of Faith"--The Attitude of the World to Works Elucidating Christ's Teaching--Dymond's Book "On War"--Musser's "Non-resistance Asserted"--Attitude of the Government in 1818 to Men who Refused to <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/tolstoy/the_kingdom_of_god_is_within_you/chapter_i_the_doctrine_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Leo Tolstoy—</span><span class="citation2">The Kingdom of God is within you</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_xviii_the_sermon_on.htm">The Sermon on the Mount - the Kingdom of Christ and Rabbinic Teaching. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">It was probably on one of those mountain-ranges, which stretch to the north of Capernaum, that Jesus had spent the night of lonely prayer, which preceded the designation of the twelve to the Apostolate. As the soft spring morning broke, He called up those who had learned to follow Him, and from among them chose the twelve, who were to be His Ambassadors and Representatives. [2500] [2501] But already the early light had guided the eager multitude which, from all parts, had come to the broad level <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_xviii_the_sermon_on.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alfred Edersheim—</span><span class="citation2">The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_ii_the_deputation_from.htm">The Deputation from Jerusalem - the Three Sects of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes - Examination of their Distinctive Doctrines. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">APART from the repulsively carnal form which it had taken, there is something absolutely sublime in the continuance and intensity of the Jewish expectation of the Messiah. It outlived not only the delay of long centuries, but the persecutions and scattering of the people; it continued under the disappointment of the Maccabees, the rule of a Herod, the administration of a corrupt and contemptible Priesthood, and, finally, the government of Rome as represented by a Pilate; nay, it grew in intensity <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_ii_the_deputation_from.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alfred Edersheim—</span><span class="citation2">The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_ten_commandments/2_6_the_sixth_commandment.htm">The Sixth Commandment</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Thou shalt not kill.' Exod 20: 13. In this commandment is a sin forbidden, which is murder, Thou shalt not kill,' and a duty implied, which is, to preserve our own life, and the life of others. The sin forbidden is murder: Thou shalt not kill.' Here two things are to be understood, the not injuring another, nor ourselves. I. The not injuring another. [1] We must not injure another in his name. A good name is a precious balsam.' It is a great cruelty to murder a man in his name. We injure others in <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_ten_commandments/2_6_the_sixth_commandment.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">The Ten Commandments</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_xxxix_that_deep_things.htm">That Deep Things Ought not to be Preached at all to Weak Souls. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">But the preacher should know how to avoid drawing the mind of his hearer beyond its strength, lest, so to speak, the string of the soul, when stretched more than it can bear, should be broken. For all deep things should be covered up before a multitude of hearers, and scarcely opened to a few. For hence the Truth in person says, Who, thinkest thou, is the faithful and wise steward, whom his Lord has appointed over his household, to give them their measure of wheat in due season? (Luke xii. 42). <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings_of_leo_the_great/chapter_xxxix_that_deep_things.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Leo the Great—</span><span class="citation2">Writings of Leo the Great</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/edersheim/sketches_of_jewish_social_life/chapter_10_in_death_and.htm">In Death and after Death</a><br></span><span class="snippet">A sadder picture could scarcely be drawn than that of the dying Rabbi Jochanan ben Saccai, that "light of Israel" immediately before and after the destruction of the Temple, and for two years the president of the Sanhedrim. We read in the Talmud (Ber. 28 b) that, when his disciples came to see him on his death-bed, he burst into tears. 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