17. He that curseth his father, or mother, shall die the death.
18. If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
19. If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians.
20. He that striketh his bondman or bondwoman with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime.
21. But if the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is his money.
22. If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with child, and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman's husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award.
23. But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life.
24. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25. Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26. If any man strike the eye of his manservant or maidservant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free for the eye which he put out.
27. Also if he strike out a tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he shall in like manner make them free.
28. If an ox gore a man or a woman, and they die, he shall be stoned: and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
29. But if the ox was wont to push with his horn yesterday and the day before, and they warned his master, and he did not shut him up, and he shall kill a man or a woman: then the ox shall be stoned, an his owner also shall be put to death.