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Exodus 21 (WEBP)

[1] “Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them:
[2] “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
[3] If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
[4] 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.
[5] But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’
[6] then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
[7] “If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
[8] 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, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.
[9] If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.
[10] If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
[11] If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
[12] “One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
[13] but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
[14] If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
[15] “Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
[16] “Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
[17] “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
[18] “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;
[19] 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.
[20] “If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.
[21] Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant is his property.
[22] “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.
[23] But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
[24] eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
[25] burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
[26] “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.
[27] If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.
[28] “If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.
[29] But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and this 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.
[30] If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed.
[31] Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
[32] If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
[33] “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,
[34] the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
[35] “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.
[36] 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.

Exodus 21:32 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 30 shekels is about 300 grams or about 10.6 ounces.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Exodus 21 (KJVS)

[1] Now these [are] the judgments which thou shalt set () before them.
[2] If thou buy () an Hebrew servant , six years he shall serve (): and in the seventh he shall go out () free for nothing .
[3] If he came in () by himself , he shall go out () by himself : if he were married , then his wife shall go out () with him.
[4] 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 .
[5] And if the servant shall plainly () say (), I love () my master , my wife , and my children ; I will not go out () free :
[6] 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 aul ; and he shall serve () him for ever .
[7] And if a man sell () his daughter to be a maidservant , she shall not go out () as the menservants do ().
[8] 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.
[9] And if he have betrothed () her unto his son , he shall deal () with her after the manner of daughters .
[10] If he take () him another [wife]; her food , her raiment , and her duty of marriage , shall he not diminish ().
[11] And if he do () not these three unto her, then shall she go out () free without money .
[12] He that smiteth () a man , so that he die (), shall be surely () put to death ().
[13] 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 ().
[14] But if a man come presumptuously () upon his neighbour , to slay () him with guile ; thou shalt take () him from mine altar , that he may die ().
[15] And he that smiteth () his father , or his mother , shall be surely () put to death ().
[16] And he that stealeth () a man , and selleth () him, or if he be found () in his hand , he shall surely () be put to death ().
[17] And he that curseth () his father , or his mother , shall surely () be put to death ().
[18] And if men strive () together, and one smite () another with a stone , or with [his] fist , and he die () not, but keepeth () [his] bed :
[19] 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 ().
[20] And if a man smite () his servant , or his maid , with a rod , and he die () under his hand ; he shall be surely () punished ().
[21] Notwithstanding , if he continue () a day or two , he shall not be punished (): for he [is] his money .
[22] 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].
[23] And if [any] mischief follow , then thou shalt give () life for life ,
[24] Eye for eye , tooth for tooth , hand for hand , foot for foot ,
[25] Burning for burning , wound for wound , stripe for stripe .
[26] 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.
[27] 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.
[28] 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 .
[29] 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 ().
[30] 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.
[31] Whether he have gored () a son , or have gored () a daughter , according to this judgment shall it be done () unto him.
[32] 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 ().
[33] 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;
[34] The owner of the pit shall make [it] good (), [and] give () money unto the owner of them; and the dead () [beast] shall be his.
[35] 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 ().
[36] 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.

Young’s Literal Translation

Exodus 21 (YLT)

[1] ‘And these are the judgments which thou dost set before them:
[2] ‘When thou buyest a Hebrew servant-six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;
[3] if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he is owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him;
[4] if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters-the wife and her children are her lord’s, and he goeth out by himself.
[5] ‘And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons-I do not go out free;
[6] then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him-to the age.
[7] ‘And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;
[8] if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.
[9] ‘And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her.
[10] ‘If another woman he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;
[11] and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.
[12] ‘He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;
[13] as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.
[14] ‘And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.
[15] ‘And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
[16] ‘And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.
[17] ‘And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.
[18] ‘And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;
[19] if he rise, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed.
[20] ‘And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand-he is certainly avenged;
[21] only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he is his money.
[22] ‘And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges;
[23] and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,
[24] eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
[25] burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
[26] ‘And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;
[27] and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.
[28] ‘And when an ox doth gore man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox is acquitted;
[29] and if the ox is one accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.
[30] ‘If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;
[31] whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.
[32] ‘If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.
[33] ‘And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither,-
[34] the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
[35] ‘And when a man’s ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve;
[36] or, it hath been known that the ox is one accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.