21 However, if the slave can stand up after a day or two, the owner should not be punished[a] because he is his owner’s property.[b](A)

22 “When men get in a fight and hit a pregnant woman so that her children are born prematurely[c] but there is no injury, the one who hit her must be fined as the woman’s husband demands(B) from him, and he must pay according to judicial assessment. 23 If there is an injury, then you must give life for life,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:21 Or not suffer vengeance
  2. Exodus 21:21 Lit money
  3. Exodus 21:22 Either a live birth or a miscarriage

Bible Gateway Recommends