Exodus 2121ExodusThe covenant at SinaiLXX2012 U. S. English

LXX2012 U. S. EnglishBerean Standard Bible

1. Hebrew Servants

   (Deuteronomy 15:12–18)

2. 1ENGLXX20And these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.BSBBSB: “These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
3. 2ENGLXX20If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing.BSBBSB: If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
4. 3ENGLXX20If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out.BSBBSB: If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.
5. 4ENGLXX20Moreover, if his master give him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters, the wife and the children shall be his master's; and he shall go forth alone.BSBBSB: If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
6. 5ENGLXX20And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free;BSBBSB: But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’
7. 6ENGLXX20his master shall bring him to the judgment-seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, —to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever.BSBBSB: then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.
8. 7ENGLXX20And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maidservants depart.BSBBSB: And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
9. 8ENGLXX20If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her.BSBBSB: If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
10. 9ENGLXX20And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters.BSBBSB: And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.
11. 10ENGLXX20And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship with him.BSBBSB: If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
12. 11ENGLXX20And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money.BSBBSB: If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.

13. Personal Injury Laws

14. 12ENGLXX20And if any man strike another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.BSBBSB: Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
15. 13ENGLXX20But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give you a place whither the slayer may flee.BSBBSB: If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
16. 14ENGLXX20And if any one lie in wait for his neighbor to kill him by craft, and he go for refuge, you shall take him from my altar to put him to death.BSBBSB: But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
17. 15ENGLXX20Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death.BSBBSB: Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
18. 16ENGLXX20He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.BSBBSB: Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
19. 17ENGLXX20Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die.BSBBSB: Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
20. 18ENGLXX20And if two men revile each other and strike the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;BSBBSB: If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
21. 19ENGLXX20if the man arise and walk abroad on his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing.BSBBSB: then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
22. 20ENGLXX20And if a man strike his man-servant or his maidservant, with a rod, and the party die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.BSBBSB: If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
23. 21ENGLXX20But if the servant continue to live a day or two, let not the master be punished; for he is his money.BSBBSB: However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
24. 22ENGLXX20And if two men strive and strike a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.BSBBSB: If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
25. 23ENGLXX20But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life,BSBBSB: But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
26. 24ENGLXX20eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,BSBBSB: eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
27. 25ENGLXX20burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.BSBBSB: burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
28. 26ENGLXX20And if one strike the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.BSBBSB: If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
29. 27ENGLXX20And if he should strike out the tooth of his man-servant, or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send them away free for their tooth's sake.BSBBSB: And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
30. 28ENGLXX20And if a bull gore a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.BSBBSB: If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
31. 29ENGLXX20But if the bull should have been given to goring in former time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.BSBBSB: But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
32. 30ENGLXX20And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.BSBBSB: If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
33. 31ENGLXX20And if the bull gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance.BSBBSB: If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.
34. 32ENGLXX20And if the bull gore a man-servant or maidservant, he shall pay to their master thirty silver didrachmas, and the bull shall be stoned.BSBBSB: If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
35. 33ENGLXX20And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there,BSBBSB: If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
36. 34ENGLXX20the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.BSBBSB: the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
37. 35ENGLXX20And if any man's bull gore the bull of his neighbor, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull.BSBBSB: If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
38. 36ENGLXX20But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own.BSBBSB: But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.

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