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20 If a man strikes his male or his female servant with a club,[a] and the servant dies at his hand, he must certainly be punished. 21 However, if the servant gets up after a day or two,[b] the man shall not be punished, for the servant was his property.

22 If men are fighting and they injure a pregnant woman so that the child comes out, yet no harm follows, they must certainly be fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges approve.

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  1. Exodus 21:20 Or staff
  2. Exodus 21:21 Or survives a day or two