MLV(i)
1 Now these are the ordinances which you will set before them.
2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years he will serve and in the seventh he will go out free for nothing. 3 If he comes in by himself, he will go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife will go out with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her sons will be her master's and he will go out by himself. 5 But if the servant will plainly say, I love my master, my wife and my sons, I will not go out free, 6 then his master will bring him to God and will bring him to the door, or to the door-post and his master will bore his ear through with an awl and he will serve him everlasting.
7 And if a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she will not go out as the men-servants do. 8 If she does not please her master, who has espoused her to himself, then he will let her be redeemed. He will have no power to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he espouses her to his son, he will deal with her according to the manner of daughters. 10 If he takes him another wife, her food, her garments and her duty of marriage, he will not diminish. 11 And if he does not do these three things to her, then she will go out for nothing, without money.
12 He who slays a man, so that he dies, will surely be put to death.
13 And if a man does not lie in wait, but God delivers him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he will flee.
14 And if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you will take him from my altar, that he may die.
15 And he who slays his father or his mother, will surely be put to death.
16 And he who steals a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he will surely be put to death.
17 And he who curses his father or his mother, will surely be put to death.
18 And if men contend and one slays the other with a stone, or with his fist and he does not die, but keeps his bed, 19 if he rises again and walks abroad upon his staff, then he who killed* him will be acquitted. Only he will pay for the loss of his time and will cause him to be thoroughly healed.
20 And if a man slays his servant, or his maid, with a rod and he dies under his hand, he will surely be punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continues a day or two, he will not be punished, because he is his money.
22 And if men strive together and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart and yet no harm follow, he will be surely fined, just-as the woman's husband will lay upon him and he will pay as the judges determine. 23 But if any harm follows, then you will 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 slays the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid and destroys it, he will let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he knocks out his man-servant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth, he will let him go free for his tooth's sake.
28 And if an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox will surely be stoned and its flesh will not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.
29 But if the ox was accustomed to gore in time 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 ox will be stoned and its owner will also be put to death.
30 If a ransom is laid on him, then he will give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him. 31 Whether it has gored a son, or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it will be done to him.
32 If the ox gores a man-servant or a maidservant, there will be given to their master thirty shekels of silver and the ox will be stoned.
33 And if a man will open a pit, or if a man will dig a pit and not cover it and an ox or a donkey falls in it, 34 the owner of the pit will make it good; he will give money to the owner of it and the dead beast will be his.
35 And if one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide the price of it and the dead they will also divide. 36 Or if it is known that the ox was accustomed to gore in time past and its owner has not kept it in, he will surely pay ox for ox and the dead beast will be his own.
2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years he will serve and in the seventh he will go out free for nothing. 3 If he comes in by himself, he will go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife will go out with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her sons will be her master's and he will go out by himself. 5 But if the servant will plainly say, I love my master, my wife and my sons, I will not go out free, 6 then his master will bring him to God and will bring him to the door, or to the door-post and his master will bore his ear through with an awl and he will serve him everlasting.
7 And if a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she will not go out as the men-servants do. 8 If she does not please her master, who has espoused her to himself, then he will let her be redeemed. He will have no power to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he espouses her to his son, he will deal with her according to the manner of daughters. 10 If he takes him another wife, her food, her garments and her duty of marriage, he will not diminish. 11 And if he does not do these three things to her, then she will go out for nothing, without money.
12 He who slays a man, so that he dies, will surely be put to death.
13 And if a man does not lie in wait, but God delivers him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he will flee.
14 And if a man comes presumptuously upon his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you will take him from my altar, that he may die.
15 And he who slays his father or his mother, will surely be put to death.
16 And he who steals a man and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he will surely be put to death.
17 And he who curses his father or his mother, will surely be put to death.
18 And if men contend and one slays the other with a stone, or with his fist and he does not die, but keeps his bed, 19 if he rises again and walks abroad upon his staff, then he who killed* him will be acquitted. Only he will pay for the loss of his time and will cause him to be thoroughly healed.
20 And if a man slays his servant, or his maid, with a rod and he dies under his hand, he will surely be punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he continues a day or two, he will not be punished, because he is his money.
22 And if men strive together and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart and yet no harm follow, he will be surely fined, just-as the woman's husband will lay upon him and he will pay as the judges determine. 23 But if any harm follows, then you will 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 slays the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid and destroys it, he will let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he knocks out his man-servant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth, he will let him go free for his tooth's sake.
28 And if an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox will surely be stoned and its flesh will not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.
29 But if the ox was accustomed to gore in time 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 ox will be stoned and its owner will also be put to death.
30 If a ransom is laid on him, then he will give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him. 31 Whether it has gored a son, or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it will be done to him.
32 If the ox gores a man-servant or a maidservant, there will be given to their master thirty shekels of silver and the ox will be stoned.
33 And if a man will open a pit, or if a man will dig a pit and not cover it and an ox or a donkey falls in it, 34 the owner of the pit will make it good; he will give money to the owner of it and the dead beast will be his.
35 And if one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide the price of it and the dead they will also divide. 36 Or if it is known that the ox was accustomed to gore in time past and its owner has not kept it in, he will surely pay ox for ox and the dead beast will be his own.