Laws about Personal Injury

¹² “Whoever strikes a person so that he dies must be put to death.^{(A) 13} But if he did not intend any harm,^[a] and yet God allowed it to happen, I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.^{(B) 14} If a person schemes and willfully^[b] acts against his neighbor to murder him, you must take him from my altar to be put to death.^(C)

¹⁸ “When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or his fist, and the injured man does not die but is confined to bed, ¹⁹ if he can later get up and walk around outside leaning on his staff, then the one who struck him will be exempt from punishment. Nevertheless, he must pay for his lost work time^[a] and provide for his complete recovery.

²⁰ “When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse,^[b] the owner must be punished.^{[c] 21} However, if the slave can stand up after a day or two, the owner should not be punished^[d] because he is his owner’s property.^[e](A)