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Exodus 21:26-36 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

26. “ ‘And if a man strikes the eye of his male slave or the eye of his female slave and destroys it, he shall release him as free in place of his eye.

27. And if he causes the tooth of his male slave or the tooth of his female slave to fall out, he will release him as free in place of his tooth.

28. “ ‘And if an ox gores a man or a woman and he dies, the ox will surely be stoned, and its meat will not be eaten, and the owner of the ox is innocent.

29. But if it was a goring ox before and its owner was warned and did not restrain it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox will be stoned, and the owner also will be put to death.

30. If a ransom is set on him, he will pay the redemption money for his life according to all that is set on him.

31. If it gores a son or it gores a daughter, according to this regulation it shall be done to him.

32. If the ox gores a male slave or a female slave, he will give thirty shekels of silver to his master, and the ox will be stoned.

33. “ ‘If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and he does not cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

34. the owner of the pit will pay restitution; he will pay silver to its owner, but the dead animal will be for him.

35. And if a man’s ox injures the ox of his neighbor and it dies, they will sell the living ox and divide the money, and they will also divide the dead one.

36. Or if it was known that it was a goring ox before and its owner did not restrain it, he will surely make restitution, an ox in place of the ox, and the dead one will be for him.

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