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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 you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing.
If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, 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 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.
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 slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out 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 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.
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.
“When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
“And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.
And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.
If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marriage rights.
And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.
And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.
“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall 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 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.
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 willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my 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.
“Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
“And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall 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 who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
“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 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,
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.
“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall 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.
But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money.
Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.
“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 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,
burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
“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.
“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.
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 he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.
“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 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 a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever 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.
If it gores a man’s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.
Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
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
“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,
“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 restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast 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.
“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.
“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 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.
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.