Exodus 21:23-36 ▼

23 But yf there come harme vnto her there thorow, then shal he paye soule for soule,

24 eye for eye, toth for toth, hande for hande, fote for fote,

25 burnynge for burnynge, wounde for wounde, strype for strype.

26 Yf a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, and destroye it, he shal let them go fre and lowse for the eye sake.

27 In like maner yf he smyte out a tothe of his seruaunt or mayde, he shall let them go fre and lowse for the tothes sake.

28 Yf an oxe gorre a man or a woman, that he dye, then shall that oxe be stoned, and his flesh not eaten: so is the master of the oxe vngiltie.

29 But yf the oxe haue bene vsed to push in tymes past, & it hath bene tolde his master, and he hath not kepte him, and besydes that slayeth a man or a woman, then shal ye oxe be stoned, and his master shal dye.

30 But yf there be money set vpon him, then, loke what is put vpon him, that shall he geue, to delyuer his soule.

31 Likewyse shall he be dealte withall, yf he gorre a sonne or a doughter.

32 But yf he gorre a seruaunt or a mayde, then shall he geue their master thirtie syluer Sycles: and the oxe shalbe stoned.

33 Yf a man open a well, or dygge a pytt, and couer it not, and there fall an oxe or Asse therin,

34 then shall the owner of the pytt make it good with money, and restore it vnto his master: but the deed carcase shalbe his owne.

35 Yf one mans oxe gorre another, that he dye, then shall they sell the lyuynge oxe, and deuyde the money, and the deed carcase shal they deuyde also.

36 But yf it be knowne, that the oxe haue bene vsed to gorre afore, then shal he paye his oxe for the other, & the deed carcase shal be his owne.