Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
"
Now these are the ordinances
which you
shall
set before them.
Now these are the judgments
which thou
shalt
set before them.
If you
buy a
Hebrew servant, he shall serve six
years
and in the seventh he shall go out free without
paying
anything
.
If thou
buy an
Hebrew servant, six
years
he shall serve :
and in the seventh he shall go out free for
nothing
.
If he comes
in by himself, he shall go out by himself .
If he is
married, then his wife shall go out with him.
If he came
in by himself, he shall go out by himself :
if he were
married, then his wife shall go out with him.
If his master gives
him a wife and she bears
him sons or daughters ,
the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
If his master have
given
him a wife ,
and she have
born
him sons or daughters ;
the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
But
if the servant shall plainly say, '
I love my master, my wife, and my children .
I will not go out free ;'
And
if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children ;
I will not go out free :
then his master shall bring him to
God,
and
shall bring him to the door or to
the door -
post ,
and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl ,
and he shall serve him for ever.
Then his master shall bring him unto
the
judges;
he
shall also
bring him to the door ,
or unto
the door post ;
and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl ;
and he shall serve him for ever.
"
If a man sells
his daughter to be a maid-servant
, she shall not go out as the men-servants
do.
And
if a man sell
his daughter to be a maidservant
, she shall not go out as the menservants
do.
If she doesn't
please her master, who has
married
her to himself, then he
shall let her be redeemed .
He
shall
have
no
right
to sell her to
a foreign
people
, seeing he has
dealt deceitfully with her.
If she please not
her master, who hath
betrothed
her to himself, then shall he
let her be redeemed :
to sell her unto
a strange
nation
he
shall
have
no
power
, seeing he hath
dealt deceitfully with her.
If he marries
her to
his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
And
if he have
betrothed
her unto
his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
If he takes
another wife to
himself,
he
shall
not
diminish
her food, her clothing
, and her marital
rights
.
If he take
him
another wife ;
her food, her raiment
, and her duty
of
marriage,
shall
he
not
diminish
.
If he doesn't
do these three things
for
her, she may
go free without paying
any
money.
And
if he do not
these three unto
her, then
shall
she go out
free without money.
"One
who
strikes
a man so that he dies
shall surely
be put to death ,
He
that
smiteth
a man ,
so that he die,
shall be surely
put to death .
but
not
if it
is
unintentional
, but God allows
it
to
happen:
then I will appoint you
a place where
he shall flee.
And
if a
man
lie
not
in
wait
, but God deliver
him
into
his
hand;
then I will appoint thee
a place whither
he shall flee.
If a man schemes
and
comes
presumptuously on
his neighbor to kill
him ,
you
shall
take him from my
altar, that he may die.
But
if a man come
presumptuously upon
his neighbor ,
to slay
him with
guile;
thou
shalt
take him from mine
altar, that he may die.
"Anyone
who
attacks
his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
And
he
that
smiteth
his father ,
or his mother ,
shall be surely put to death.
"Anyone
who
kidnaps
someone
and sells
him, or if he is
found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
And he
that
stealeth
a
man,
and
selleth
him, or if he be
found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
"Anyone
who
curses
his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
And
he
that
curseth
his father ,
or his mother ,
shall surely be put to death.
"
If men quarrel
and one strikes
the
other
with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't
die, but is
confined
to
bed ;
And
if men strive
together,
and one smite
another
with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not
, but keepeth
his
bed :
if he rises
again and walks
around
with
his staff, then he who
struck
him shall
be cleared
: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide
for
his
healing
until
he
is
thoroughly healed.
If he rise
again ,
and walk
abroad
upon
his staff, then shall
he that
smote
him be quit
: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause
him
to
be
thoroughly healed.
"
If a man strikes
his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies
under his hand ,
he shall surely
be punished.
And
if a man smite
his servant ,
or his maid ,
with a rod, and he die
under his hand ;
he shall be surely
punished.
Notwithstanding, if he gets
up
after
a day or two, he shall not be punished ,
for he is his property
.
Notwithstanding, if he continue
a day or two, he shall not be punished :
for he is his money
.
"
If men fight
and hurt a pregnant
woman so that she
gives
birth
prematurely
, and yet no harm
follows,
he shall be surely fined
as
much
as the woman's husband demands
and the judges allow
.
If men strive,
and hurt a woman with
child,
so that her
fruit
depart
from
her
, and yet no mischief
follow:
he shall be surely punished,
according
as the woman's husband will
lay
upon
him;
and he
shall
pay
as
the judges determine
.
But
if any harm
follows
, then you
must
take
life for life,
And
if any mischief
follow
, then thou
shalt
give
life for life,
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
burning for burning, wound for wound, and
bruise
for bruise
.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe
for stripe
.
"
If a man strikes
his
servant's
eye, or his
maid's
eye, and
destroys
it ,
he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
And
if a man smite
the
eye of
his
servant
, or the
eye of
his
maid
, that
it perish;
he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
If he strikes
out his man-servant's
tooth, or his maid-servant's
tooth ,
he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
And
if he smite
out his manservant's
tooth, or his maidservant's
tooth ;
he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
"
If a
bull
gores
a man or a woman to
death
, the bull
shall surely
be stoned, and its
flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull
shall not
be held
responsible
.
If an
ox
gore
a man or a woman, that
they
die:
then
the ox
shall be surely
stoned, and his
flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox
shall be quit
.
But if the bull
had
a
habit
of
goring
in the
past, and it has
been testified to its
owner, and he has
not kept it
in, but it
has
killed a man or a woman ,
the bull
shall be stoned, and its
owner shall
also be put to death.
But if the ox
were
wont
to
push
with
his
horn
in time
past, and it hath
been testified to his
owner, and he hath
not kept him
in, but that
he
hath
killed a man or a woman ;
the ox
shall be stoned, and his
owner also shall
be put to death.
If a
ransom
is
laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption
of his life whatever
is laid on
him.
If there
be
laid on him a
sum
of
money
, then he shall give for the ransom
of his life whatsoever
is laid upon
him.
Whether it
has
gored a son or has
gored a daughter, according to this judgment it
shall be done to
him.
Whether he
have
gored a son ,
or have
gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it
be done unto
him.
If the bull
gores
a man-servant
or a maid-servant,
thirty shekels of silver shall
be
given
to
their
master
, and the ox shall be stoned.
If the ox
shall
push
a manservant
or a maidservant;
he
shall
give
unto
their
master
thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
"
If a man opens
a pit, or if a man digs
a pit and doesn't
cover it, and a
bull
or a
donkey
falls
into
it,
And
if a man shall
open
a pit, or if a man shall
dig
a pit ,
and not
cover it, and an
ox
or an
ass
fall
therein;
the owner of the pit shall make it good .
He
shall
give money to
its
owner ,
and the dead animal
shall be his.
The owner of the pit shall make it good ,
and
give money unto
the
owner of
them;
and the dead beast
shall be his.
"
If one man's bull
injures
another's, so
that it
dies,
then they shall sell the live bull
, and divide its
price
; and they shall also
divide the
dead
animal
.
And
if one man's ox
hurt
another's, that he
die;
then they shall sell the live ox
, and divide the
money
of
it
; and the
dead
ox
also
they shall divide.
Or if it is
known that the bull
was
in
the
habit
of
goring
in the
past, and its
owner has
not kept it
in ,
he shall surely pay bull
for bull,
and the dead animal
shall be his own.
Or if it be
known that the ox
hath
used
to
push
in time
past, and his
owner hath
not kept him
in ;
he shall surely pay ox
for ox;
and the dead shall be his own.
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