9064. Verses 28-36. And when an ox shall strike with the horn a man or a woman, and he die, with stoning the ox shall be stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; and the master of the ox shall be guiltless. But if the ox were wont to strike with his horn from yesterday the day before yesterday, and it hath been attested to his master, and he hath not watched him, and he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his master also shall die. If expiation be laid on him, then he shall give the redemption of his soul according to all that is laid upon him. Whether he have struck with the horn a son, or struck with the horn a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him. If the ox shall strike with the horn a manservant, or a maidservant, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. And when a man shall open a pit, or when a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass shall fall in there, the master of the pit shall repay; he shall pay silver to its master, and the dead one shall be his. And when a man’s ox shall strike the ox of his companion, and he die, then they shall sell the living ox, and they shall divide the silver of it; and the dead one also they shall divide. Or if it be known that the ox was wont to strike with the horn from yesterday the day before yesterday, and his master hath not watched him; repaying he shall repay ox for ox, and the dead one shall be his. “And when an ox shall strike with the horn a man or a woman,” signifies if the affection of evil in the natural shall injure the truth or the good of faith; “and he die,” signifies even so as to destroy them; “with stoning the ox shall be stoned,” signifies the penalty of the destroyed truth and good of faith; “and his flesh shall not be eaten,” signifies that this evil must by no means be appropriated, but be cast out; “and the master of the ox shall be guiltless,” signifies that the evil is not from the internal man, because it is from the will, and not from the intellectual; “but if the ox were wont to strike with his horn from yesterday the day before yesterday,” signifies if the affection of evil has existed for a long time; “and it hath been attested to his master,” signifies and this has passed into the intellectual; “and he hath not watched him,” signifies no repression; “and he hath killed a man or a woman,” signifies if it has then destroyed the good and the truth of faith; “the ox shall be stoned,” signifies the penalty of destroyed truth; “and his master also shall die,” signifies the damnation of the internal man; “if expiation be laid on him,” signifies that he may be free from damnation; “then he shall give the redemption of his soul,” signifies the grievous things of repentance; “according to all that is laid upon him,” signifies according to the quality of the affection of evil from the intellectual; “whether he have struck with the horn a son, or struck with the horn a daughter,” signifies an onset by the affection of evil against the truths and goods of faith derived from things interior; “according to this judgment shall it be done to him,” signifies that the penalty shall be similar; “if the ox shall strike with the horn a manservant, or a maidservant,” signifies if the affection of evil shall destroy truth or good in the natural, “he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver,” signifies that the internal man shall make restoration in full; “and the ox shall be stoned,” signifies the penalty of destroyed truth and good in the natural; “and when a man shall open a pit,” signifies if anyone shall receive falsity from another; “or when a man shall dig a pit,” signifies or if he himself have devised falsity; “and an ox or an ass shall fall in there,” signifies which perverts good or truth in the natural; “the master of the pit shall repay,” signifies that he to whom the falsity appertains shall make amends; “he shall pay silver to its master,” signifies by truth appertaining to him whose good or truth in the natural has been perverted; “and the dead one shall be his,” signifies that the evil or the falsity shall remain with him; “and when a man’s ox shall strike the ox of his companion,” signifies two truths, the affections of which are diverse, and the affection of one shall injure the affection of the other; “and he die,” signifies so that the good affection perishes; “then they shall sell the living ox,” signifies that the affection of the one which has injured the affection of the other shall be alienated; “and they shall divide the silver of it,” signifies that the truth thereof shall be dissipated; “and the dead one also they shall divide,” signifies that the injuring affection also shall be dissipated; “or if it be known that the ox was wont to strike with the horn from yesterday the day before yesterday,” signifies if it had previously been known that such was its affection; “and his master hath not watched him,” signifies and if he have not kept it in bonds; “repaying he shall repay ox for ox,” signifies restoration in entirety; “and the dead one shall be his,” signifies for the injuring affection.