Exodus 21

1 ♥ 📝 N ow these are the ordinances^H4941 which thou shalt set^H7760 before^H6440 them.

2 ♥ 📝 If thou buy^H7069 a Hebrew^H5680 servant,^H5650 six^H8337 years^H8141 he shall serve:^H5647 and in the seventh^H7637 he shall go out^H3318 free^H2670 for nothing.^H2600

3 ♥ 📝 If he come in^H935 by himself,^H1610 he shall go out^H3318 by himself:^H1610 if he be married,^H1167 then his wife^H802 shall go out^H3318 with him.

4 ♥ 📝 If his master^H113 give^H5414 him a wife,^H802 and she bear^H3205 him sons^H1121 or daughters;^H1323 the wife^H802 and her children^H1121 shall be her master's,^H113 and he shall go out^H3318 by himself.^H1610

5 ♥ 📝 But if the servant^H5650 shall plainly^H559 say,^H559 I love^H157 my master,^H113 my wife,^H802 and my children;^H1121 I will not go out^H3318 free:^H2670

6 ♥ 📝 then his master^H113 shall bring^H5066 him unto God,^H430 and shall bring^H5066 him to the door,^H1817 or unto the door-post;^H4201 and his master^H113 shall bore^H7527 his ear^H241 through with an awl;^H4836 and he shall serve^H5647 him for ever.^H5769

7 ♥ 📝 And if a man^H376 sell^H4376 his daughter^H1323 to be a maid-servant,^H519 she shall not go out^H3318 as the men-servants^H5650 do.^H3318

8 ♥ 📝 If she please^H7451 not her master,^H113 who hath espoused^H3259 her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed:^H6299 to sell^H4376 her unto a foreign^H5237 people^H5971 he shall have no power,^H4910 seeing he hath dealt deceitfully^H898 with her.

9 ♥ 📝 And if he espouse^H3259 her unto his son,^H1121 he shall deal^H6213 with her after the manner^H4941 of daughters.^H1323

10 ♥ 📝 If he take^H3947 him another^H312 [wife]; her food,^H7607 her raiment,^H3682 and her duty of marriage,^H5772 shall he not diminish.^H1639

11 ♥ 📝 And if he do^H6213 not these three^H7969 things unto her, then shall she go out^H3318 for nothing,^H2600 without money.^H3701

12 ♥ 📝 He that smiteth^H5221 a man,^H376 so that he dieth,^H4191 shall surely^H4191 be put to death.^H4191

13 ♥ 📝 And if a man lie not in wait,^H6658 but God^H430 deliver^H579 [him] into his hand;^H3027 then I will appoint^H7760 thee a place^H4725 whither he shall flee.^H5127

14 ♥ 📝 And if a man^H376 come presumptuously^H2102 upon his neighbor,^H7453 to slay^H2026 him with guile;^H6195 thou shalt take^H3947 him from mine altar,^H4196 that he may die.^H4191

15 ♥ 📝 And he that smiteth^H5221 his father,^H1 or his mother,^H517 shall be surely^H4191 put to death.^H4191

16 ♥ 📝 And he that stealeth^H1589 a man,^H376 and selleth^H4376 him, or if he be found^H4672 in his hand,^H3027 he shall surely^H4191 be put to death.^H4191

17 ♥ 📝 And he that curseth^H7043 his father^H1 or his mother,^H517 shall surely^H4191 be put to death.^H4191

18 ♥ 📝 And if men^H582 contend,^H7378 and one^H376 smite^H5221 the other^H7453 with a stone,^H68 or^H176 with his fist,^H106 and he die^H4191 not, but keep^H5307 his bed;^H4904

19 ♥ 📝 if he rise again,^H6965 and walk^H1980 abroad^H2351 upon his staff,^H4938 then shall he that smote^H5221 him be quit:^H5352 only he shall pay^H5414 for the loss of his time,^H7674 and shall cause him to be thoroughly^H7495 healed.^H7495

20 ♥ 📝 And if a man^H376 smite^H5221 his servant,^H5650 or his maid,^H519 with a rod,^H7626 and he die^H4191 under his hand;^H3027 he shall surely^H5358 be punished.^H5358

21 ♥ 📝 Notwithstanding,^H389 if he continue^H5975 a day^H3117 or two,^H8147 he shall not be punished:^H5358 for he is his money.^H3701

22 ♥ 📝 And if men^H582 strive^H5327 together, and hurt^H5062 a woman^H802 with child,^H2030 so that her fruit^H3206 depart,^H3318 and yet no harm follow;^H611 he shall be surely^H6064 fined,^H6064 according as the woman's^H802 husband^H1167 shall lay^H7896 upon him; and he shall pay^H5414 as the judges^H6414 determine.

23 ♥ 📝 But if any harm follow,^H611 then thou shalt give^H5414 life^H5315 for life,^H5315

24 ♥ 📝 eye^H5869 for eye,^H5869 tooth^H8127 for tooth,^H8127 hand^H3027 for hand,^H3027 foot^H7272 for foot,^H7272

25 ♥ 📝 burning^H3555 for burning,^H3555 wound^H6482 for wound,^H6482 stripe^H2250 for stripe.^H2250

26 ♥ 📝 And if a man^H376 smite^H5221 the eye^H5869 of his servant,^H5650 or the eye^H5869 of his maid,^H519 and destroy^H7843 it; he shall let him go^H7971 free^H2670 for^H8478 his eye's^H5869 sake.

27 ♥ 📝 And if he smite^H5307 out his man-servant's^H5650 tooth,^H8127 or his maid-servant's^H519 tooth;^H8127 he shall let him go^H7971 free^H2670 for his tooth's^H8127 sake.

28 ♥ 📝 And if an ox^H7794 gore^H5055 a man^H376 or a woman^H802 to death, the ox^H7794 shall be surely^H5619 stoned,^H5619 and its flesh^H1320 shall not be eaten;^H398 but the owner^H1167 of the ox^H7794 shall be quit.^H5355

29 ♥ 📝 But if the ox^H7794 was wont to gore^H5056 in time past,^H8543 and it hath been testified^H5749 to its owner,^H1167 and he hath not kept^H8104 it in, but it hath killed^H4191 a man^H376 or a woman;^H802 the ox^H7794 shall be stoned,^H5619 and its owner^H1167 also shall be put to death.^H4191

30 ♥ 📝 If there be laid^H7896 on him a ransom,^H3724 then he shall give^H5414 for the redemption^H6306 of his life^H5315 whatsoever is laid^H7896 upon him.

31 ♥ 📝 Whether it have gored^H5055 a son,^H1121 or^H176 have gored^H5055 a daughter,^H1323 according to this judgment^H4941 shall it be done^H6213 unto him.

32 ♥ 📝 If the ox^H7794 gore^H5055 a man-servant^H5650 or a maid-servant,^H519 there shall be given^H5414 unto their master^H113 thirty^H7970 shekels^H8255 of silver,^H3701 and the ox^H7794 shall be stoned.^H5619

33 ♥ 📝 And if a man^H376 shall open^H6605 a pit,^H953 or if a man^H376 shall dig^H3738 a pit^H953 and not cover^H3680 it, and an ox^H7794 or an ass^H2543 fall^H5307 therein,

34 ♥ 📝 the owner^H1167 of the pit^H953 shall make it good;^H7999 he shall give^H7725 money^H3701 unto the owner^H1167 thereof, and the dead^H4191 [beast] shall be his.

35 ♥ 📝 And if one man's^H376 ox^H7794 hurt^H5062 another's,^H7453 so that it dieth,^H4191 then they shall sell^H4376 the live^H2416 ox,^H7794 and divide^H2673 the price^H3701 of it; and the dead^H4191 also they shall divide.^H2673

36 ♥ 📝 Or if it be known^H3045 that the ox^H7794 was wont to gore^H5056 in time past,^H8543 and its owner^H1167 hath not kept^H8104 it in; he shall surely^H7999 pay^H7999 ox^H7794 for ox,^H7794 and the dead^H4191 [beast] shall be his own.