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Laws for Servants
And these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
And these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
Laws About Slaves
“Now these are the rules that you shall set before them.
“Now these are the rules that you shall set before them.
If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
If he came in alone, he shall go out alone: if he had a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.
If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.
If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out alone.
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 alone.
But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free;
But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’
then his master shall bring him before the judges, 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 be his bondman for ever.
then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever.
And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.
“When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.
And if he have appointed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the law of daughters.
If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.
If he take himself another, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish.
If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
And if he do not these three things unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.
Personal Injury Laws
He that striketh a man, so that he die, shall certainly be put to death.
He that striketh a man, so that he die, shall certainly be put to death.
“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.
But if he have not lain in wait, and God have delivered [him] into his hand, I will appoint thee a place to which he shall flee.
But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.
But if a man act wantonly toward his neighbour, and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
And he that striketh his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
“Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall certainly be put to death.
“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to [his] bed,
“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed,
-- if he rise, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that struck [him] be guiltless; only he shall pay [for] the loss of his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed.
then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.
And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.
“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged.
Only, if he continue [to live] a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.
But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money.
And if men strive together, and strike a woman with child, so that she be delivered, and no mischief happen, he shall in any case be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and shall give it as the judges estimate.
“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman’s husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine.
But if mischief happen, 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,
branding for branding, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.
“When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye.
And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his handmaid's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth.
If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free because of his tooth.
And if an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they die, then the ox shall certainly be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be guiltless.
“When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable.
But if the ox have gored heretofore, and it have been testified to its owner, and he have not kept it in, and it kill a man or a woman, -- the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
If there be imposed on him a satisfaction, then he shall give the ransom of his life, according to what is imposed on him.
If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him.
Whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him.
If it gores a man’s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.
If the ox gore a bondman or a handmaid, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Laws about Restitution
-- And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
-- And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
Laws About Restitution
“When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
“When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
the owner of the pit shall make it good, shall give money to the owner of them; and the dead [ox] shall be his.
the owner of the pit shall make restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.
-- And if one man's ox gore his neighbour's ox, and it die, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money thereof, and divide the dead also.
“When one man’s ox butts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and share its price, and the dead beast also they shall share.
Or if it be known that the ox have gored heretofore, and its owner have not kept him in, he shall in any case restore ox for ox; and the dead shall be his.
Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall repay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.