Exodus 21 NKJV

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He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If she <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If he takes another <i>wife,</i> he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without <i>paying</i> money.</span></p> <h3> The Law Concerning Violence</span></h3><p><span class="text Exod-21-12"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered <i>him</i> into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“But if a man acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with <i>his</i> fist, and he does not die but is confined to <i>his</i> bed, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>if he rises again and walks about outside with his staff, then he who struck <i>him</i> shall be <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>acquitted. He shall only pay <i>for</i> the loss of his time, and shall provide <i>for him</i> to be thoroughly healed.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he <i>is</i> his property.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“If men <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges <i>determine.</i> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But if <i>any</i> harm follows, then you shall give life for life, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.</span></p> <h3> Animal Control Laws</span></h3><p><span class="text Exod-21-28"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox <i>shall be</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>acquitted. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>But if the ox <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>the owner of the pit shall make <i>it</i> good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead <i>animal</i> shall be his.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>“If one man’s ox hurts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead <i>ox</i> they shall also divide. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/21-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-2079a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Exodus 21:1">Exodus 21:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>ordinances</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-2086b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Exodus 21:8">Exodus 21:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>is evil in the eyes of</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-2097c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Exodus 21:19">Exodus 21:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>exempt from punishment</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-2100d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Exodus 21:22">Exodus 21:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>struggle</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-2100e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Exodus 21:22">Exodus 21:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>her children come out</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-2106f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Exodus 21:28">Exodus 21:28</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>exempt from punishment</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-2107g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Exodus 21:29">Exodus 21:29</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>was inclined</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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