18 “If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist[a] and the victim does not die but is confined to bed,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:18 Or with a tool

19 the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends