Personal Injuries

12 (A)He who strikes someone so that he dies shall certainly be put to death. 13 (B)Yet [a]if he did not lie in wait for him, but (C)God caused him to fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee. 14 (D)If, however, someone is enraged against his neighbor, so as to kill him in a cunning way, you are to take him even from My altar, to be put to death.

15 “And one who strikes his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.

16 “Now (E)one who [b]kidnaps someone, whether he sells him or he is found in his [c]possession, shall certainly be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:13 Lit he who
  2. Exodus 21:16 Lit steals
  3. Exodus 21:16 Lit hand

22 “Now if people struggle with each other and strike a pregnant woman so that [a]she gives birth prematurely, but there is no injury, the guilty person shall certainly be fined as the woman’s husband [b]may demand of him, and he shall (A)pay [c]as the judges decide. 23 But if there is any further injury, (B)then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, 24 (C)eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, [d]bruise for bruise.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:22 Or an untimely birth occurs; lit her children come out
  2. Exodus 21:22 Lit lays on him
  3. Exodus 21:22 Lit by arbitration
  4. Exodus 21:25 Lit welt

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