26. When a slave owner hits and blinds the eye of a male or female slave, he should let the slave go free on account of the eye.
27. If he knocks out a tooth of a male or female slave, he should let the slave go free on account of the tooth.
28. When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox should be stoned to death, and the meat of the ox shouldn’t be eaten. But the owner of the ox shouldn’t be punished.
29. However, if the ox had gored people in the past and its owner had been warned but didn’t watch out for it, and the ox ends up killing a man or a woman, then the ox should be stoned to death, and its owner should also be put to death.
30. If the owner has to pay compensation instead, he must pay the agreed amount to save his life.
31. If the ox gores a boy or a girl, this same case law applies to the owner.
32. If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner will pay thirty silver shekels to the slave’s owner, and the ox will be stoned to death.
33. When someone leaves a pit open or digs a pit and doesn’t cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into the pit,