Exodus 21

DOUAI-RHEIMS	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 These are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.	1 "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee: in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.	2 When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.
3 With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him.	3 If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters: the woman and her children shall be her master's: but he himself shall go out with his raiment.	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 alone.
5 And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:	5 But if the slave plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,'
6 His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.	6 then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for life.
7 If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out.	7 "When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.
8 If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her.	8 If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed; he shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt faithlessly with her.
9 But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.	9 If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.
10 And if he take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity.	10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
11 If he do not these three things, she shall go out free without money.	11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.
12 He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death.	12 "Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.
13 But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee.	13 But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.
14 If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar, that he may die.	14 But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him treacherously, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
15 He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death.	15 "Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.
16 He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, shall be put to death.	16 "Whoever steals a man, whether he sells him or is found in possession of him, shall be put to death.
17 He that curseth his father, or mother, shall die the death.	17 "Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.
18 If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:	18 "When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed,
19 If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians.	19 then if the man rises again and walks abroad with his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.
20 He that striketh his bondman or bondwoman with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime.	20 "When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished.
21 But if the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is his money.	21 But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be punished; for the slave is his money.
22 If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with child, and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman's husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award.	22 "When men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no harm follows, the one who hurt her shall be fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23 But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life.	23 If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,	24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.	25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 If any man strike the eye of his manservant or maidservant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free for the eye which he put out.	26 "When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free for the eye's sake.
27 Also if he strike out a tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he shall in like manner make them free.	27 If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free for the tooth's sake.
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, and they die, he shall be stoned: and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be quit.	28 "When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be clear.
29 But if the ox was wont to push with his horn yesterday and the day before, and they warned his master, and he did not shut him up, and he shall kill a man or a woman: then the ox shall be stoned, an his owner also shall be put to death.	29 But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
30 And if they set a price upon him, he shall give for his life whatsoever is laid upon him.	30 If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him.
31 If he have gored a son, or a daughter, he shall fall under the like sentence.	31 If it gores a man's son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.
32 If he assault a bondman or a bond woman, he shall give thirty sicles of silver to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.	32 If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it,	33 "When a man leaves a pit open, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it,
34 The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is dead shall be his own.	34 the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.
35 If one man's ox gore another man's ox, and he die: they shall sell the live ox, and shall divide the price, and the carcass of that which died they shall part between them:	35 "When one man's ox hurts anothers, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the price of it; and the dead beast also they shall divide.
36 But if he knew that his ox was wont to push yesterday and the day before, and his master did not keep him in: he shall pay ox for ox, and shall take the whole carcass.	36 Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.