OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 21

Exodus 21:21

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Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant is his property.

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Exodus 21:18–24

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, the man shall surely be punished.

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Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant 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,

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