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,
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,