23. But if injury ensues, you shall give life for life,
24. eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25. burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26. When someone strikes his male or female slave in the eye and destroys the use of the eye, he shall let the slave go free in compensation for the eye.
27. If he knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let the slave go free in compensation for the tooth.
28. When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned; its meat may not be eaten. The owner of the ox, however, shall be free of blame.
29. But if an ox was previously in the habit of goring people and its owner, though warned, would not watch it; should it then kill a man or a woman, not only must the ox be stoned, but its owner also must be put to death.
30. If, however, a fine is imposed on him, he must pay in ransom for his life whatever amount is imposed on him.
31. This ordinance applies if it is a boy or a girl that the ox gores.