¹ And these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

² When^◦ thou shalt buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go·​·out free for·​·nothing.

³ If with his body^◦* he shall come·​·in, with his body^◦ he shall go·​·out; if he is a husband of a woman, then his woman shall go·​·out with him.

⁴ If his lord shall give him a woman, and she give·​·birth to sons or daughters for him, the woman and her children shall be for her lord, and he shall go·​·out with his body^◦.

⁵ And if saying the servant shall say, I love my lord, my woman, and my sons; I will not go·​·out free;

⁶ then his lord shall present him to^▵ God, and shall present him at^▵ the door, or at^▵ the doorpost; and his lord shall bore^▵ through his ear with his awl; and he shall serve him to eternity.

⁷ And when a man^◦ shall sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go·​·out as the going·​·out of the menservants.

⁸ If she be evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he will not betroth^◦ her, then she shall be redeemed^◦; to sell her to a foreign people he shall not have the power, by his acting·​·treacherously with her.

⁹ And if he shall betroth^◦ her to his son, he shall do for her according·​·to the judgment of the daughters.

¹⁰ If he shall take to him another; her meat^◦, her covering, and his abiding^* with her, he shall not diminish.

¹¹ And if he shall not do these three to her, then she shall go·​·out for·​·nothing with no silver.

¹² He that smites a man^◦, and he die, dying he shall·​·die.

¹³ And if he has not stalked, and God caused the occasion in his hand, then I will set for thee a place whither he shall flee.

¹⁴ And when^◦ a man^◦ shall act·​·from·​·set·​·purpose against his companion, to kill him with cunning; thou shalt take him from My altar to die.

¹⁵ And he that smites his father and his mother, dying he shall·​·die.

¹⁶ And he who steals a man^◦, and sells him, and if he shall·​·be·​·found in his hand, dying he shall·​·die.

¹⁷ And he that reviles his father and his mother, dying he shall·​·die.

¹⁸ And when men^◦ shall strive, and a man^◦ shall smite his companion with a stone, or with his fist, and he dies not, but falls to bed;

¹⁹ if he rise and walk outside on his staff, then the smiter shall be·​·innocent; only he shall give for his ceasing of work, and healing he shall heal him.

²⁰ And when a man^◦ shall smite his manservant, or his maidservant, with a rod, and he die under his hand; in being avenged he shall be avenged.

²¹ Only^◦ if he shall stand for a day or two, he shall not be avenged, because he is his silver.

²² And when men^◦ shall quarrel, and shall strike a pregnant woman, and her child go·​·out, and there is no harm, with fining he shall be fined, as the master of the woman shall put on him; and he shall give according to the judges^▵.

²³ And if harm is done, then thou shalt give soul for soul,

²⁴ eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

²⁵ welt^* for welt, wound for wound, bruise^* for bruise.

²⁶ And when a man^◦ shall smite the eye of his manservant, or the eye of his maidservant, and shall destroy it; he shall let him go free under his eye.

²⁷ And if he shall make the tooth of his servant, or the tooth his maidservant fall out, he shall send him out free for his tooth.

²⁸ And when^◦ an ox shall gore a man^◦ or a woman to death^*, with stoning^◦ the ox shall be stoned^◦, and he shall not eat its flesh; and the master of the ox shall be innocent.

²⁹ But if the ox gored someone from yesterday and the day·​·before^*, and it has been testified to its master, and he has not kept it in, and it cause a man^◦ or a woman to die; the ox shall be stoned^◦, and its master also shall die.

³⁰ If atonement be put on him, then he shall give the ransom of his soul according to all that is put on him.

³¹ Whether he have gored a son, or gored a daughter, according·​·to this judgment shall it be done to him.

³² If the ox shall gore a manservant, or a maidservant; he shall give to their lord thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned^◦.

³³ And when a man^◦ shall open a pit, or when a man^◦ shall dig·​·out a pit and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey shall fall in there;

³⁴ the master of the pit shall repay; he shall return silver to its master, and the dead one shall be his.

³⁵ And when the ox of a man^◦ shall strike the ox of his companion, and he die; then they shall·​·sell the living ox, and shall halve the silver of it; and the dead one also they shall halve.

³⁶ Or if it be known that the ox had charged·​·out from yesterday and the day before, and its master has not kept it in; repaying he shall repay an ox instead of the ox, and the dead one shall be for him.

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 for ever.

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, he shall surely be punished.

²¹ Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he 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 him 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 flesh 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 it 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 laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.

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.