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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.
If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay 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 by himself, he shall go out by himself; 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 has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free;
But if the servant 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 the judges. 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.
And if a man shall sell his daughter as a handmaid, she shall not go out as the bondmen go out.
“And if a man sells his daughter to be a female 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.
And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.
If he take himself another, her food, her clothing, and her conjugal rights he shall not diminish.
If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage 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 for her, then she shall go out free, without paying 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.
The Law Concerning Violence
“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely 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.
However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where 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 acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, 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.
“And he who strikes his father or his mother 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 certainly be put to death.
“He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
“And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely 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,
“If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined 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.
And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.
“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.
Only, if he continue [to live] a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.
Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.
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.
But if mischief happen, then thou shalt give life for life,
But if any harm follows, then you shall 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.
“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.
And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his handmaid's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth.
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.
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.
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.
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 there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem 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.
Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
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.
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.
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,
“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,
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 it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal 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.
“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 ox they shall also divide.
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 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.