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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 21 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > Exodus 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/20.htm" title="Exodus 20">◄</a> Exodus 21 <a href="../exodus/22.htm" title="Exodus 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/exodus/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Ordinances for the People</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Now these are the ordinances (laws) which you shall set before the Israelites: <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“If you purchase a Hebrew servant [because of his debt or poverty], he shall serve six years, and in the seventh [year] he shall leave as a free man, paying nothing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>If he came [to you] alone, he shall leave alone; if he came married, then his wife shall leave with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If his master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall leave [your service] alone. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not leave as a free man,’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>then his master shall bring him to God [that is, to the judges who act in God’s name], then he shall bring him to the door or doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl (strong needle); and he shall serve him for life. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go free [after six years] as male servants do. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If she does not please her master who has chosen her for himself [as a wife], he shall let her be redeemed [by her family]. He does not have the authority to sell her to a foreign people, because he has been unfair to her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If her master chooses her [as a wife] for his son, he shall act toward her as if she were legally his daughter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If her master marries another wife, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her privilege as a wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If he does not do these three things for her, then shall she leave free, without <i>payment of</i> money. <p class="hdg">Personal Injuries</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies must be put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>However, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>if he did not lie in wait [for him], but God allowed him to fall into his hand, then I will establish for you a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>place to which he may escape [for protection until duly tried]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But if a man acts intentionally against another and kills him by [design through] treachery, you are to take him from My altar [to which he may have fled for protection], so that he may be put to death. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must be put to death. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Whoever kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or is found with him in his possession, must be put to death. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Whoever <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>curses his father or his mother <i>or</i> treats them contemptuously must be put to death. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“If men quarrel and one strikes another with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>if he gets up and walks around leaning on his cane, then the one who struck him shall be left [physically] unpunished; he must only pay for his loss of time [at work], and the costs [of treatment and recuperation] until he is thoroughly healed. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“If a man strikes his male or his female servant with a staff and the servant dies at his hand, he must be punished. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>If, however, the servant survives for a day or two, the offender shall not be punished, for the [injured] servant is his own property. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“If men fight with each other and injure a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely [and the baby lives], yet there is no <i>further</i> injury, the one who hurt her must be punished with a fine [paid] to the woman’s husband, as much as the judges decide. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But if there is <i>any further</i> injury, then you shall require [as a penalty] life for life, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</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>burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“If a man hits the eye of his male servant or female servant and it is destroyed, he must let the servant go free because of [the loss of] the eye. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And if he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or female servant, he must let the servant go free because of [the loss of] the tooth. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be cleared [of responsibility]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But if the ox has tried to gore on a previous occasion, and its owner has been warned, but has not kept it confined and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner shall be put to death as well. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>If a ransom is demanded of him [in return for his life], then he shall give whatever is demanded for the redemption of his life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>If the ox has gored another’s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If the ox gores a male or a female servant, the owner shall give to the servant’s master thirty shekels of silver [the purchase price for a slave], and the ox shall be stoned. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“If a man leaves a pit open, or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to the animal’s owner, but the dead [animal] shall be his. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>“If one man’s ox injures another’s so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the proceeds equally; they shall also divide the dead ox [between them]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/21-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Or if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, and its owner has not kept it confined, he must make restitution of ox for ox, and the dead [animal] shall be his.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> I.e. if the act causing the death of another was unintentional.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> I.e. after the children of Israel possessed the promised land, six cities of refuge were established.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> The one who dishonors his parents in this way also dishonors God by violating God’s created order of honor.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> The concept of reciprocal punishment for a wrongful injury is applied mainly to special cases not already covered by more complex laws.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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 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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