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1. Now these are the Laws which you are to give them.
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1. Now these H428 are the judgments H4941 which H834 thou shalt set H7760 before H6440 them.
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2. If you buy a Hebrew servant, he will work for six years. In the seventh year he will go free, paying nothing.
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2. If H3588 thou buy H7069 a Hebrew H5680 servant H5650 , six H8337 years H8141 he shall serve H5647 : and in the seventh H7637 he shall go out H3318 free H2670 for nothing H2600 .
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3. If he comes alone, he will leave by himself. If he is married, then his wife will leave with him.
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3. If H518 he came in H935 by himself H1610 , he shall go out H3318 by himself H1610 : if H518 he H1931 were married H1167 H802 , then his wife H802 shall go out H3318 with H5973 him.
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4. If his owner gives him a wife and she gives birth to his sons or daughters, the wife and her children will belong to her owner, and he will leave by himself.
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4. If H518 his master H113 have given H5414 him a wife H802 , and she have born H3205 him sons H1121 or H176 daughters H1323 ; the wife H802 and her children H3206 shall be H1961 her master H113 's , and he H1931 shall go out H3318 by himself H1610 .
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5. But if the servant says, 'I love my owner, my wife and my children; I do not care to go free,'
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5. And if H518 the servant H5650 shall plainly say H559 H559 , I love H157 H853 my master H113 , H853 my wife H802 , and my children H1121 ; I will not H3808 go out H3318 free H2670 :
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6. then his owner will bring him to the judges. And he will bring him to the door or the side of the door. There his owner will make a hole in his ear with a sharp object. And he will serve him all his life.
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6. Then his master H113 shall bring H5066 him unto H413 the judges H430 ; he shall also bring H5066 him to H413 the door H1817 , or H176 unto H413 the door post H4201 ; and his master H113 shall bore his ear through H7527 H853 H241 with an awl H4836 ; and he shall serve H5647 him forever H5769 .
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7. "If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she is not to go free as the male servants do.
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7. And if H3588 a man H376 sell H4376 H853 his daughter H1323 to be a maidservant H519 , she shall not H3808 go out H3318 as the menservants H5650 do H3318 .
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8. If she does not please her owner who has taken her for himself, he will take pay for her to be set free. He does not have the right to sell her to a strange people, because he has not been fair to her.
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8. If H518 she please not H7451 H5869 her master H113 , who H834 hath betrothed H3808 H3259 her to himself , then shall he let her be redeemed H6299 : to sell H4376 her unto a strange H5237 nation H5971 he shall have no H3808 power H4910 , seeing he hath dealt deceitfully H898 with her.
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9. If he takes her for his son, he will act toward her as with a daughter.
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9. And if H518 he have betrothed H3259 her unto his son H1121 , he shall deal H6213 with her after the manner H4941 of daughters H1323 .
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10. If he marries again, her food, clothing and marriage rights are to stay the same.
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10. If H518 he take H3947 him another H312 wife ; her food H7607 , her raiment H3682 , and her duty of marriage H5772 , shall he not H3808 diminish H1639 .
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11. And if he will not do these three things for her, then she may go free, without paying any money.
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11. And if H518 he do H6213 not H3808 these H428 three H7969 unto her , then shall she go out H3318 free H2600 without H369 money H3701 .
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12. "Whoever hits a man so that he dies will be put to death.
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12. He that smiteth H5221 a man H376 , so that he die H4191 , shall be surely put to death H4191 H4191 .
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13. But if he did not plan to hurt him, but God allowed it to happen, then I will give you a place where he may run to be safe.
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13. And if H834 a man lie not in wait H6658 H3808 , but God H430 deliver H579 him into his hand H3027 ; then I will appoint H7760 thee a place H4725 whither H834 H8033 he shall flee H5127 .
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14. But if a man wants to hurt his neighbor and he plans to kill him, then you take him away from My altar and put him to death.
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14. But if H3588 a man H376 come presumptuously H2102 upon H5921 his neighbor H7453 , to slay H2026 him with guile H6195 ; thou shalt take H3947 him from H4480 H5973 mine altar H4196 , that he may die H4191 .
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15. "Whoever hits his father or his mother will be put to death.
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15. And he that smiteth H5221 his father H1 , or his mother H517 , shall be surely put to death H4191 H4191 .
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16. "Whoever steals a man and sells him, or keeps him for himself, will be put to death.
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16. And he that stealeth H1589 a man H376 , and selleth H4376 him , or if he be found H4672 in his hand H3027 , he shall surely be put to death H4191 H4191 .
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17. Whoever curses his father or his mother will be put to death.
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17. And he that curseth H7043 his father H1 , or his mother H517 , shall surely be put to death H4191 H4191 .
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18. "When men argue and one hits the other with a stone or with his hand, and he does not die but has to stay in bed because of it,
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18. And if H3588 men H376 strive together H7378 , and one H376 smite H5221 H853 another H7453 with a stone H68 , or H176 with his fist H106 , and he die H4191 not H3808 , but keepeth H5307 his bed H4904 :
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19. then if he gets up and walks around outside using his walking stick, the one who hit him will not be punished. He will only pay for the loss of his time. And he will take care of him until he is healed.
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19. If H518 he rise again H6965 , and walk H1980 abroad H2351 upon H5921 his staff H4938 , then shall he that smote H5221 him be quit H5352 : only H7535 he shall pay H5414 for the loss of his time H7674 , and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed H7495 H7495 .
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20. "When a man hits his male or female servant with a stick so that he or she dies, he will be punished.
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20. And if H3588 a man H376 smite H5221 H853 his servant H5650 , or H176 H853 his maid H519 , with a rod H7626 , and he die H4191 under H8478 his hand H3027 ; he shall be surely punished H5358 H5358 .
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21. But if he or she lives a day or two, he will not be punished, for his servant belongs to him.
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21. Notwithstanding H389 , if H518 he continue H5975 a day H3117 or H176 two H3117 , he shall not H3808 be punished H5358 : for H3588 he H1931 is his money H3701 .
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22. "If men fight with each other and hit a woman who is going to have a child so that she loses her baby but no other hurt comes to her, he must pay whatever the woman's husband says he must, as agreed upon by the judges.
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22. If H3588 men H376 strive H5327 , and hurt H5062 a woman H802 with child H2030 , so that her fruit H3206 depart H3318 from her , and yet no H3808 mischief H611 follow H1961 : he shall be surely punished H6064 H6064 , according as H834 the woman H802 's husband H1167 will lay H7896 upon H5921 him ; and he shall pay H5414 as the judges H6414 determine .
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23. But if there is other hurt also, then it is life for life,
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23. And if H518 any mischief H611 follow H1961 , then thou shalt give H5414 life H5315 for H8478 life H5315 ,
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24. eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
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24. Eye H5869 for H8478 eye H5869 , tooth H8127 for H8478 tooth H8127 , hand H3027 for H8478 hand H3027 , foot H7272 for H8478 foot H7272 ,
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25. burn for burn, cut for cut, sore for sore.
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25. Burning H3555 for H8478 burning H3555 , wound H6482 for H8478 wound H6482 , stripe H2250 for H8478 stripe H2250 .
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26. "If a man hits the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he will let the person go free because of the eye.
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26. And if H3588 a man H376 smite H5221 H853 the eye H5869 of his servant H5650 , or H176 H853 the eye H5869 of his maid H519 , that it perish H7843 ; he shall let him go H7971 free H2670 for his eye's sake H8478 H5869 .
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27. If he knocks out a tooth of his man or woman servant, he will let the person go free because of the tooth.
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27. And if H518 he smite out H5307 his manservant H5650 's tooth H8127 , or H176 his maidservant H519 's tooth H8127 ; he shall let him go H7971 free H2670 for his tooth's sake H8478 H8127 .
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28. "When a bull kills a man or a woman with its horns, the bull will be killed with stones. And its flesh will not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be punished.
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28. If H3588 an ox H7794 gore H5055 H853 a man H376 or H176 H853 a woman H802 , that they die H4191 : then the ox H7794 shall be surely stoned H5619 H5619 , and H853 his flesh H1320 shall not H3808 be eaten H398 ; but the owner H1167 of the ox H7794 shall be quit H5355 .
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29. But if a bull has tried to kill with its horns before, and the owner has been told but does not keep him shut up, and the bull kills a man or a woman, the bull will be killed with stones and the owner will be put to death.
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29. But if H518 the ox H7794 were wont to push with his horn H5056 in time past H4480 H8543 H8032 , and it hath been testified H5749 to his owner H1167 , and he hath not H3808 kept him in H8104 , but that he hath killed H4191 a man H376 or H176 a woman H802 ; the ox H7794 shall be stoned H5619 , and his owner H1167 also H1571 shall be put to death H4191 .
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30. But if he is allowed to pay for his life, then he will pay whatever is asked of him.
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30. If H518 there be laid H7896 on H5921 him a sum of money H3724 , then he shall give H5414 for the ransom H6306 of his life H5315 whatsoever H3605 H834 is laid H7896 upon H5921 him.
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31. If the bull kills a son or a daughter, it will be punished by the same law.
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31. Whether H176 he have gored H5055 a son H1121 , or H176 have gored H5055 a daughter H1323 , according to this H2088 judgment H4941 shall it be done H6213 unto him.
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32. If the bull kills a male or female servant, the bull's owner will give the servant's owner thirty pieces of silver. And the bull will be killed with stones.
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32. If H518 the ox H7794 shall push H5055 a manservant H5650 or H176 a maidservant H519 ; he shall give H5414 unto their master H113 thirty H7970 shekels H8255 of silver H3701 , and the ox H7794 shall be stoned H5619 .
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33. "When a man leaves a deep hole open, or digs a deep hole and does not cover it, and a bull or donkey falls into it,
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33. And if H3588 a man H376 shall open H6605 a pit H953 , or H176 if H3588 a man H376 shall dig H3738 a pit H953 , and not H3808 cover H3680 it , and an ox H7794 or H176 an ass H2543 fall H5307 therein H8033 ;
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34. the owner of the hole will pay for the loss. He will give money to the animal's owner. And the dead animal will become his.
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34. The owner H1167 of the pit H953 shall make it good H7999 , and give H7725 money H3701 unto the owner H1167 of them ; and the dead H4191 beast shall be H1961 his.
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35. "If one man's bull hurts another's so that it dies, they will sell the live bull and divide the price so they will each have the same. And they will divide the dead bull.
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35. And if H3588 one man H376 's ox H7794 hurt H5062 H853 another H7794 H7453 's , that he die H4191 ; then they shall sell H4376 H853 the live H2416 ox H7794 , and divide H2673 H853 the money H3701 of it ; and H853 the dead H4191 ox also H1571 they shall divide H2673 .
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36. Or if it is known that the bull has tried to kill with its horns in the past, but its owner has not kept it shut up, he will pay bull for bull. And the dead animal will become his.
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36. Or H176 if it be known H3045 that H3588 the ox H7794 hath used to push H5056 in time past H4480 H8543 H8032 , and his owner H1167 hath not H3808 kept him in H8104 ; he shall surely pay H7999 H7999 ox H7794 for H8478 ox H7794 ; and the dead H4191 shall be H1961 his own.
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