Exodus 21:20
If a man strikes his male or female servant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
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Exodus 21:19
then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.

Exodus 21:21
However, if the slave gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the slave is his property.

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Exodus 21:26, 27
If a man strikes the eye of his manservant or maidservant and blinds it, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the eye. . . .

Deuteronomy 19:21
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

Proverbs 29:19
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

Isaiah 58:3, 4
"Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?" "Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. . . .

he shall

Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

Numbers 35:30-33
If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of multiple witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness. . . .

punished.

Genesis 4:15, 24
"Not so!" replied the LORD. "If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold." And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him. . . .

Numbers 35:19
The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

Romans 13:4
For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God's servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.

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