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1. "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
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1. Now these H428 are the judgments H4941 which H834 thou shalt set H7760 before H6440 them.
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2. If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
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2. If H3588 thou buy H7069 a Hebrew H5680 servant H5650 , six H8337 years H8141 he shall serve H5647 : and in the seventh H7637 he shall go out H3318 free H2670 for nothing H2600 .
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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.
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3. If H518 he came in H935 by himself H1610 , he shall go out H3318 by himself H1610 : if H518 he H1931 were married H1167 H802 , then his wife H802 shall go out H3318 with H5973 him.
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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.
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4. If H518 his master H113 have given H5414 him a wife H802 , and she have born H3205 him sons H1121 or H176 daughters H1323 ; the wife H802 and her children H3206 shall be H1961 her master H113 's , and he H1931 shall go out H3318 by himself H1610 .
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5. But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;'
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5. And if H518 the servant H5650 shall plainly say H559 H559 , I love H157 H853 my master H113 , H853 my wife H802 , and my children H1121 ; I will not H3808 go out H3318 free H2670 :
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6. then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.
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6. Then his master H113 shall bring H5066 him unto H413 the judges H430 ; he shall also bring H5066 him to H413 the door H1817 , or H176 unto H413 the door post H4201 ; and his master H113 shall bore his ear through H7527 H853 H241 with an awl H4836 ; and he shall serve H5647 him forever H5769 .
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7. "If a man sells his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.
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7. And if H3588 a man H376 sell H4376 H853 his daughter H1323 to be a maidservant H519 , she shall not H3808 go out H3318 as the menservants H5650 do H3318 .
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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, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.
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8. If H518 she please not H7451 H5869 her master H113 , who H834 hath betrothed H3808 H3259 her to himself , then shall he let her be redeemed H6299 : to sell H4376 her unto a strange H5237 nation H5971 he shall have no H3808 power H4910 , seeing he hath dealt deceitfully H898 with her.
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9. If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
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9. And if H518 he have betrothed H3259 her unto his son H1121 , he shall deal H6213 with her after the manner H4941 of daughters H1323 .
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10. If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
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10. If H518 he take H3947 him another H312 wife ; her food H7607 , her raiment H3682 , and her duty of marriage H5772 , shall he not H3808 diminish H1639 .
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11. If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
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11. And if H518 he do H6213 not H3808 these H428 three H7969 unto her , then shall she go out H3318 free H2600 without H369 money H3701 .
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12. "One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
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12. He that smiteth H5221 a man H376 , so that he die H4191 , shall be surely put to death H4191 H4191 .
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13. but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
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13. And if H834 a man lie not in wait H6658 H3808 , but God H430 deliver H579 him into his hand H3027 ; then I will appoint H7760 thee a place H4725 whither H834 H8033 he shall flee H5127 .
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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.
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14. But if H3588 a man H376 come presumptuously H2102 upon H5921 his neighbor H7453 , to slay H2026 him with guile H6195 ; thou shalt take H3947 him from H4480 H5973 mine altar H4196 , that he may die H4191 .
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15. "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
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15. And he that smiteth H5221 his father H1 , or his mother H517 , shall be surely put to death H4191 H4191 .
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16. "Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
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16. And he that stealeth H1589 a man H376 , and selleth H4376 him , or if he be found H4672 in his hand H3027 , he shall surely be put to death H4191 H4191 .
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17. "Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
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17. And he that curseth H7043 his father H1 , or his mother H517 , shall surely be put to death H4191 H4191 .
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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;
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18. And if H3588 men H376 strive together H7378 , and one H376 smite H5221 H853 another H7453 with a stone H68 , or H176 with his fist H106 , and he die H4191 not H3808 , but keepeth H5307 his bed H4904 :
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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.
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19. If H518 he rise again H6965 , and walk H1980 abroad H2351 upon H5921 his staff H4938 , then shall he that smote H5221 him be quit H5352 : only H7535 he shall pay H5414 for the loss of his time H7674 , and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed H7495 H7495 .
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20. "If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
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20. And if H3588 a man H376 smite H5221 H853 his servant H5650 , or H176 H853 his maid H519 , with a rod H7626 , and he die H4191 under H8478 his hand H3027 ; he shall be surely punished H5358 H5358 .
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21. Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.
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21. Notwithstanding H389 , if H518 he continue H5975 a day H3117 or H176 two H3117 , he shall not H3808 be punished H5358 : for H3588 he H1931 is his money H3701 .
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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.
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22. If H3588 men H376 strive H5327 , and hurt H5062 a woman H802 with child H2030 , so that her fruit H3206 depart H3318 from her , and yet no H3808 mischief H611 follow H1961 : he shall be surely punished H6064 H6064 , according as H834 the woman H802 's husband H1167 will lay H7896 upon H5921 him ; and he shall pay H5414 as the judges H6414 determine .
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23. But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
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23. And if H518 any mischief H611 follow H1961 , then thou shalt give H5414 life H5315 for H8478 life H5315 ,
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24. eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
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24. Eye H5869 for H8478 eye H5869 , tooth H8127 for H8478 tooth H8127 , hand H3027 for H8478 hand H3027 , foot H7272 for H8478 foot H7272 ,
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25. burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
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25. Burning H3555 for H8478 burning H3555 , wound H6482 for H8478 wound H6482 , stripe H2250 for H8478 stripe H2250 .
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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.
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26. And if H3588 a man H376 smite H5221 H853 the eye H5869 of his servant H5650 , or H176 H853 the eye H5869 of his maid H519 , that it perish H7843 ; he shall let him go H7971 free H2670 for his eye's sake H8478 H5869 .
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27. If he strikes out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
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27. And if H518 he smite out H5307 his manservant H5650 's tooth H8127 , or H176 his maidservant H519 's tooth H8127 ; he shall let him go H7971 free H2670 for his tooth's sake H8478 H8127 .
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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.
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28. If H3588 an ox H7794 gore H5055 H853 a man H376 or H176 H853 a woman H802 , that they die H4191 : then the ox H7794 shall be surely stoned H5619 H5619 , and H853 his flesh H1320 shall not H3808 be eaten H398 ; but the owner H1167 of the ox H7794 shall be quit H5355 .
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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.
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29. But if H518 the ox H7794 were wont to push with his horn H5056 in time past H4480 H8543 H8032 , and it hath been testified H5749 to his owner H1167 , and he hath not H3808 kept him in H8104 , but that he hath killed H4191 a man H376 or H176 a woman H802 ; the ox H7794 shall be stoned H5619 , and his owner H1167 also H1571 shall be put to death H4191 .
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30. If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.
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30. If H518 there be laid H7896 on H5921 him a sum of money H3724 , then he shall give H5414 for the ransom H6306 of his life H5315 whatsoever H3605 H834 is laid H7896 upon H5921 him.
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31. Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
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31. Whether H176 he have gored H5055 a son H1121 , or H176 have gored H5055 a daughter H1323 , according to this H2088 judgment H4941 shall it be done H6213 unto him.
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32. If the bull gores a man-servant or a maid-servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
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32. If H518 the ox H7794 shall push H5055 a manservant H5650 or H176 a maidservant H519 ; he shall give H5414 unto their master H113 thirty H7970 shekels H8255 of silver H3701 , and the ox H7794 shall be stoned H5619 .
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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,
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33. And if H3588 a man H376 shall open H6605 a pit H953 , or H176 if H3588 a man H376 shall dig H3738 a pit H953 , and not H3808 cover H3680 it , and an ox H7794 or H176 an ass H2543 fall H5307 therein H8033 ;
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34. the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
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34. The owner H1167 of the pit H953 shall make it good H7999 , and give H7725 money H3701 unto the owner H1167 of them ; and the dead H4191 beast shall be H1961 his.
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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.
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35. And if H3588 one man H376 's ox H7794 hurt H5062 H853 another H7794 H7453 's , that he die H4191 ; then they shall sell H4376 H853 the live H2416 ox H7794 , and divide H2673 H853 the money H3701 of it ; and H853 the dead H4191 ox also H1571 they shall divide H2673 .
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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.
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36. Or H176 if it be known H3045 that H3588 the ox H7794 hath used to push H5056 in time past H4480 H8543 H8032 , and his owner H1167 hath not H3808 kept him in H8104 ; he shall surely pay H7999 H7999 ox H7794 for H8478 ox H7794 ; and the dead H4191 shall be H1961 his own.
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