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Exodus 21:27-33 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

27. Likewise, if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female servant, he shall similarly release them freely.

28. If an ox has struck a man or a woman with his horn, and if they die, it shall be stoned. And its flesh shall not be eaten; also, the owner of the ox will be innocent.

29. But if the ox had been pushing with his horn, from yesterday and the day before, and they warned his owner, but he did not confine it, and it will have killed a man or a woman, then the ox shall be stoned, and his owner shall be killed.

30. But if they have imposed a price on him, he shall give, in exchange for his life, whatever is asked.

31. Likewise, if it has struck a son or a daughter with its horns, it shall be subject to a similar verdict.

32. If it attacks a male or female servant, he shall give thirty shekels of silver to their lord, yet truly the ox shall be stoned.

33. If a man digs or opens a cistern, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

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