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Exodus 21:25-31 New English Translation (NET)

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

26. “If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

27. If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

28. “If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.

29. But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, and he did not take the necessary precautions, and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death.

30. If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

31. If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule.

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