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Exodus 21:20-26 Good News Bible (GNB)

20. “If a slave owner takes a stick and beats his slave, whether male or female, and the slave dies on the spot, the slave owner is to be punished.

21. But if the slave does not die for a day or two, the master is not to be punished. The loss of his property is punishment enough.

22. “If some men are fighting and hurt a pregnant woman so that she loses her child, but she is not injured in any other way, the one who hurt her is to be fined whatever amount the woman's husband demands, subject to the approval of the judges.

23. But if the woman herself is injured, the punishment shall be life for life,

24. eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25. burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

26. “If someone hits his male or female slave in the eye and puts it out, he is to free the slave as payment for the eye.

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