Exodus 21 NLT ISV Parallel

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1“These are the regulations you must present to Israel.

1"These are the ordinances that you are to set before them.

2“If you buy a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.

2"When you acquire a Hebrew servant, he is to serve for six years, and in the seventh he is to go out a free man without paying anything.

3If he was single when he became your slave, he shall leave single. But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife must be freed with him.

3If he came in by himself, he is to go out by himself. If he was married, his wife is to go out with him.

4“If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave and they had sons or daughters, then only the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master.

4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and children belong to her master, and he is to go out by himself.

5But the slave may declare, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I don’t want to go free.’

5But if the servant, in fact, says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children, and I won't go out a free man,'

6If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will serve his master for life.

6then his master is to bring him before the judges and he is to bring him to the door or to the doorpost. His master is to pierce his ear with an awl, and he is to serve him permanently.

7“When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are.

7"When a man sells his daughter as a servant, she won't go out as the male servants do.

8If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her.

8If she's displeasing to her master who selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He does not have the right to sell her to foreign people, because he has dealt unfairly with her.

9But if the slave’s owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave but as a daughter.

9If he has selected her for his son, he is to treat her according to the ordinance for daughters.

10“If a man who has married a slave wife takes another wife for himself, he must not neglect the rights of the first wife to food, clothing, and sexual intimacy.

10If he takes another woman for himself, he may not withhold from the first her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

11If he fails in any of these three obligations, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. Cases of Personal Injury

11If he does not do these three things for her, she may go out without paying anything at all."

12“Anyone who assaults and kills another person must be put to death.

12"Whoever strikes a man so that he dies is certainly to be put to death.

13But if it was simply an accident permitted by God, I will appoint a place of refuge where the slayer can run for safety.

13If he didn't lie in wait, but God let him fall into his reach, then I'll appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

14However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.

14If a man acts deliberately against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you are to take him to die even if he's at my altar.

15“Anyone who strikes father or mother must be put to death.

15"Whoever strikes his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

16“Kidnappers must be put to death, whether they are caught in possession of their victims or have already sold them as slaves.

16"Whoever kidnaps a person, whether he has sold him or whether the victim is still in his possession, is certainly to be put to death.

17“Anyone who dishonors father or mother must be put to death.

17"Whoever curses his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

18“Now suppose two men quarrel, and one hits the other with a stone or fist, and the injured person does not die but is confined to bed.

18"If people quarrel and one strikes the other with a rock or his fist, and he does not die but ends up in bed,

19If he is later able to walk outside again, even with a crutch, the assailant will not be punished but must compensate his victim for lost wages and provide for his full recovery.

19and the injured person then gets up and walks around outside with the help of his staff, the one who struck him is not liable, except that he is to compensate him for his loss of time and take care of his complete recovery.

20“If a man beats his male or female slave with a club and the slave dies as a result, the owner must be punished.

20"If a man strikes his male or female servant with a stick and he or she dies as a direct result, the master must be punished.

21But if the slave recovers within a day or two, then the owner shall not be punished, since the slave is his property.

21But if the servant survives a day or two, the master is not to be punished because the servant is his property.

22“Now suppose two men are fighting, and in the process they accidentally strike a pregnant woman so she gives birth prematurely. If no further injury results, the man who struck the woman must pay the amount of compensation the woman’s husband demands and the judges approve.

22"If two men are fighting and they strike a pregnant woman and her children are born prematurely, but there is no harm, he is certainly to be fined as the husband of the woman demands of him, and he will pay as the court decides.

23But if there is further injury, the punishment must match the injury: a life for a life,

23If there is harm, then you are to require life for life,

24an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,

24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.

25burn for burn, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

26“If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye and the eye is blinded, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.

26"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he is to release him as a free man in exchange for his eye.

27And if a man knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.

27If he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he is to release him as a free man in exchange for his tooth.

28“If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned, and its flesh may not be eaten. In such a case, however, the owner will not be held liable.

28"If an ox gores a man or woman so that they die, the ox is certainly to be stoned and its flesh may not be eaten, but the owner of the ox is free from liability.

29But suppose the ox had a reputation for goring, and the owner had been informed but failed to keep it under control. If the ox then kills someone, it must be stoned, and the owner must also be put to death.

29But if the ox has gored previously, and its owner has been warned about it but didn't restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, the ox is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death.

30However, the dead person’s relatives may accept payment to compensate for the loss of life. The owner of the ox may redeem his life by paying whatever is demanded.

30If a fine is imposed on him, he may pay all that was imposed on him as a ransom for his life.

31“The same regulation applies if the ox gores a boy or a girl.

31This same ordinance applies if it gores a son or daughter.

32But if the ox gores a slave, either male or female, the animal’s owner must pay the slave’s owner thirty silver coins, and the ox must be stoned.

32"If the ox gores a male or female servant, the owner is to give 30 shekels of silver to the servant's master, and the ox is to be stoned.

33“Suppose someone digs or uncovers a pit and fails to cover it, and then an ox or a donkey falls into it.

33If a man opens a pit or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or donkey falls into it,

34The owner of the pit must pay full compensation to the owner of the animal, but then he gets to keep the dead animal.

34the owner of the pit is to make restitution. He is to pay money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.

35“If someone’s ox injures a neighbor’s ox and the injured ox dies, then the two owners must sell the live ox and divide the price equally between them. They must also divide the dead animal.

35"If a man's ox strikes his neighbor's ox and it dies, they are to sell the live ox and divide the money. They also are to divide the dead animal.

36But if the ox had a reputation for goring, yet its owner failed to keep it under control, he must pay full compensation—a live ox for the dead one—but he may keep the dead ox.

36But if it was known that the ox had gored previously, and its owner didn't restrain it, he shall certainly repay ox for ox, and the dead ox will become his."

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