Exodus 21:12-21

English Standard Version

^12 (A)“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. ^13 (B)But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then ^(C)I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. ¹⁴ But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, ^(D)you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

¹⁵ “Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.

^16 (E)“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found ^(F)in possession of him, shall be put to death.

^17 (G)“Whoever curses^[a] his father or his mother shall be put to death.

¹⁸ “When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed, ¹⁹ then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.

²⁰ “When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. ²¹ But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the ^(H)slave is his money.