Exodus 21:12-27
Judgments About Personal Injuries
12“aHe who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. 13“aBut 1if he did not lie in wait for him, but bGod let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee. 14“aIf, however, a man acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him by deceit, you shall take him even from My altar, that he may die.
15“And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
16“aHe who 1kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.
17“aAnd he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
18“And if men contend with each other and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but 1remains in bed, 19if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for 1his loss of time, and 2he shall take care of him until he is completely healed.
20“And if a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies 1at his hand, he shall surely 2be punished. 21“But if for a day or two he is able to stand, no punishment shall be taken; afor he is his 1property.
22“And if men struggle with each other and 1strike a woman with child so that 2she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband 3will set for him, and he shall apay 4as the judges decide. 23“But if there is any further injury, athen you shall pay life for life, 24aeye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25burn for burn, bruise for bruise, wound for wound.
26“And if a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye. 27“And if he 1knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let him go free on account of his tooth.