Exodus 21:23-36 ▼

23 And if any destruction folowe, then he shall geue life for life,

24 Eye for eye, tothe for tothe, hande for hande, foote for foote,

25 Burnyng for burnyng, wounde for wounde, strype for strype.

26 And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, that it perishe, he shall let them go free for the eyes sake.

27 Also if he smyte out his seruaunt or his maydes tothe, he shall let them go out free for the tothes sake.

28 If an oxe gore a man or a woman, that they dye, then the oxe shalbe stoned, and his fleshe shall not be eaten: but the owner of the oxe shall go quite.

29 If the oxe were wont to pushe with his horne in time past, and it hath ben tolde his maister, and he hath not kept him, but that he hath killed a man or a woman: then the oxe shalbe stoned, and his owner shall dye also.

30 If there be set to hym a sume of money, then he shal geue for the redeeming of his life whatsoeuer is layde vpo him.

31 And whether he haue gored a sonne or a daughter, accordyng to the same iudgement shall it be done vnto him.

32 But if it be a seruaunt or a mayde that the oxe hath gored, then he shall geue vnto their maister thirtie sicles, and the oxe shalbe stoned.

33 If a man open a well, or digge a pitte, and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein:

34 The owner of the pitte shall make it good, & geue money vnto their maister, and the dead beast shall be his.

35 If one mans oxe hurt another, that he dye: then they shall sell the lyue oxe, and deuide the money, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide.

36 Or if it be knowen that the oxe hath vsed to pushe in tyme past, & his maister hath not kept hym: he shall paye oxe for oxe, and the dead shalbe his owne.