Êxodo 21
Nova Versão Internacional
Leis acerca dos Escravos Hebreus
21 “São estas as leis que você proclamará ao povo:
2 “Se você comprar um escravo hebreu, ele o servirá por seis anos. Mas no sétimo ano será liberto, sem precisar pagar nada. 3 Se chegou solteiro, solteiro receberá liberdade; mas se chegou casado, sua mulher irá com ele. 4 Se o seu senhor lhe tiver dado uma mulher, e esta lhe tiver dado filhos ou filhas, a mulher e os filhos pertencerão ao senhor; somente o homem sairá livre.
5 “Se, porém, o escravo declarar: ‘Eu amo o meu senhor, a minha mulher e os meus filhos, e não quero sair livre’, 6 o seu senhor o levará perante os juízes[a]. Terá que levá-lo à porta ou à lateral da porta e furar a sua orelha. Assim, ele será seu escravo por toda a vida.
7 “Se um homem vender sua filha como escrava, ela não será liberta como os escravos homens. 8 Se ela não agradar ao seu senhor que a escolheu, ele deverá permitir que ela seja resgatada. Não poderá vendê-la a estrangeiros, pois isso seria deslealdade para com ela. 9 Se o seu senhor a escolher para seu filho, lhe dará os direitos de uma filha. 10 Se o senhor tomar uma segunda mulher para si, não poderá privar a primeira de alimento, de roupas e dos direitos conjugais. 11 Se não lhe garantir essas três coisas, ela poderá ir embora sem precisar pagar nada.
Leis acerca da Violência e dos Acidentes
12 “Quem ferir um homem e o matar terá que ser executado. 13 Todavia, se não o fez intencionalmente, mas Deus o permitiu, designei um lugar para onde poderá fugir. 14 Mas se alguém tiver planejado matar outro deliberadamente, tire-o até mesmo do meu altar e mate-o.
15 “Quem agredir o próprio pai ou a própria mãe terá que ser executado.
16 “Aquele que seqüestrar alguém e vendê-lo ou for apanhado com ele em seu poder, terá que ser executado.
17 “Quem amaldiçoar seu pai ou sua mãe terá que ser executado.
18 “Se dois homens brigarem e um deles ferir o outro com uma pedra ou com o punho[b] e o outro não morrer, mas cair de cama, 19 aquele que o feriu será absolvido, se o outro se levantar e caminhar com o auxílio de uma bengala; todavia, ele terá que indenizar o homem ferido pelo tempo que este perdeu e responsabilizar-se por sua completa recuperação.
20 “Se alguém ferir seu escravo ou escrava com um pedaço de pau, e como resultado o escravo morrer, será punido; 21 mas se o escravo sobreviver um ou dois dias, não será punido, visto que é sua propriedade.
22 “Se homens brigarem e ferirem uma mulher grávida, e ela der à luz prematuramente[c], não havendo, porém, nenhum dano sério, o ofensor pagará a indenização que o marido daquela mulher exigir, conforme a determinação dos juízes[d]. 23 Mas, se houver danos graves, a pena será vida por vida, 24 olho por olho, dente por dente, mão por mão, pé por pé, 25 queimadura por queimadura, ferida por ferida, contusão por contusão.
26 “Se alguém ferir o seu escravo ou sua escrava no olho e o cegar, terá que libertar o escravo como compensação pelo olho. 27 Se quebrar um dente de um escravo ou de uma escrava, terá que libertar o escravo como compensação pelo dente.
28 “Se um boi chifrar um homem ou uma mulher, causando-lhe a morte, o boi terá que ser apedrejado até a morte, e a sua carne não poderá ser comida. Mas o dono do boi será absolvido. 29 Se, todavia, o boi costumava chifrar e o dono, ainda que alertado, não o manteve preso, e o boi matar um homem ou uma mulher, o boi será apedrejado e o dono também terá que ser morto. 30 Caso, porém, lhe peçam um pagamento, poderá resgatar a sua vida pagando o que for exigido. 31 Esta sentença também se aplica no caso de um boi chifrar um menino ou uma menina. 32 Se o boi chifrar um escravo ou escrava, o dono do animal terá que pagar trezentos e sessenta gramas[e] de prata ao dono do escravo, e o boi será apedrejado.
33 “Se alguém abrir ou deixar aberta uma cisterna, não tendo o cuidado de tampá-la, e um jumento ou um boi nela cair, 34 o dono da cisterna terá que pagar o prejuízo, indenizando o dono do animal, e ficará com o animal morto.
35 “Se o boi de alguém ferir o boi de outro e o matar, venderão o boi vivo e dividirão em partes iguais, tanto o valor do boi vivo como o animal morto. 36 Contudo, se o boi costumava chifrar, e o dono não o manteve preso, este terá que pagar boi por boi, e ficará com o que morreu.
Exodus 21
King James Version
21 Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
Exodus 21
New King James Version
The Law Concerning Servants(A)
21 “Now these are the [a]judgments which you shall (B)set before them: 2 (C)If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free and pay nothing. 3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. 5 (D)But if the servant plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ 6 then his master shall bring him to the (E)judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
7 “And if a man (F)sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. 8 If she [b]does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters. 10 If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, (G)and her marriage rights. 11 And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.
The Law Concerning Violence
12 (H)“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. 13 However, (I)if he did not lie in wait, but God (J)delivered him into his hand, then (K)I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
14 “But if a man acts with (L)premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, (M)you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.
15 “And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
16 (N)“He who kidnaps a man and (O)sells him, or if he is (P)found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.
17 “And (Q)he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
18 “If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed, 19 if he rises again and walks about outside (R)with his staff, then he who struck him shall be [c]acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed.
20 “And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. 21 Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his (S)property.
22 “If men [d]fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that [e]she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall (T)pay as the judges determine. 23 But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, 24 (U)eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 “If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye. 27 And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.
Animal Control Laws
28 “If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then (V)the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be [f]acquitted. 29 But if the ox [g]tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay (W)to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him. 31 Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. 32 If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master (X)thirty shekels of silver, and the (Y)ox shall be stoned.
33 “And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it, 34 the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal shall be his.
35 “If one man’s ox hurts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead ox they shall also divide. 36 Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.
Footnotes
- Exodus 21:1 ordinances
- Exodus 21:8 Lit. is evil in the eyes of
- Exodus 21:19 exempt from punishment
- Exodus 21:22 struggle
- Exodus 21:22 Lit. her children come out
- Exodus 21:28 exempt from punishment
- Exodus 21:29 was inclined
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