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| [1]Now these [are] the judgments which thou shalt set before them. |
[1]These art the lawes whiche thou shalt set before them |
| [2]If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. |
[2]If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, sixe yeres he shall serue, & in the seuenth, he shall go out free [paying] nothyng |
| [3]If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. |
[3]If he came alone, he shall go out alone: and yf he came maryed, his wyfe shall go out with hym |
| [4]If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. |
[4]And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone |
| [5]If the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: |
[5]And yf the seruaunt say: I loue my maister, my wyfe, and my chyldren, I wyll not go out free |
| [6]Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. |
[6]His maister shall bryng hym vnto the iudges, and set hym to the doore or the doorepost, and his maister shal bore his eare through with a naule, and he shalbe his seruaunt for euer |
| [7]And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. |
[7]And if a man sell his daughter to be a seruaunt, she shal not go out as the men seruauntes do |
| [8]If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. |
[8]If she please not her maister, who hath [nowe] promised her mariage, then shall he let her redeeme her selfe: To sell her vnto a straunge nation shall he haue no power, seyng he despised her |
| [9]And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. |
[9]If he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wyfe, he shall deale with her as men do with their daughters |
| [10]And if he take him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. |
[10]And if he take hym another wyfe: yet her foode, her rayment, and duetie of maryage shall he not minishe |
| [11]And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. |
[11]And if he do not these three vnto her, the shal she go out free & pay no money |
| [12]He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. |
[12]He that smyteth a man, that he dye, shalbe slayne for it |
| [13]And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. |
[13]If a man lay not awayte, but God deliuer [him] into his hande, then I wyll poynt thee a place whither he shal flee |
| [14]But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. |
[14]If a man come presumpteously vpon his neyghbour to slay hym with guyle, thou shalt take him from myne aulter that he dye |
| [15]And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. |
[15]He that smyteth his father or his mother, let hym be slayne for it |
| [16]And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. |
[16]He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if he be proued vppon hym, shalbe slayne for it |
| [17]And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. |
[17]And he that curseth his father or mother, shalbe put to death for it |
| [18]And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with [his] fist, and he die not, but keepeth [his] bed: |
[18]If men stryue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fyste, and he dye not, but lyeth in his bed |
| [19]If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote [him] be quit: only he shall pay [for] the loss of his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed. |
[19]If he rise agayne, and walke without vpon his staffe, then shall he that smote hym go quite, saue only he shall beare his charges for leesyng his tyme, and shall paye for his healyng |
| [20]And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely be put to death. |
[20]And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde with a rod, & they dye vnder his hande, he shalbe greeuously punished |
| [21]Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be put to death: for he [is] his money. |
[21]And if he continue a day or two, it shal not be reueged, for he is his money |
| [22]If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine]. |
[22]If men striue, & hurt a woman with chylde, so that her fruite depart from her, and yet no destruction folow: then he shalbe sore punished according as the womans husbande wyll laye to his charge, and he shall pay as the dayes men wyll appoynt hym |
| [23]And if [any] mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life |
[23]And if any destruction folowe, then he shall geue life for life |
| [24]Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot |
[24]Eye for eye, tothe for tothe, hande for hande, foote for foote |
| [25]Smiting for smiting, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. |
[25]Burnyng for burnyng, wounde for wounde, strype for strype |
| [26]And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. |
[26]And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, that it perishe, he shall let them go free for the eyes sake |
| [27]And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. |
[27]Also if he smyte out his seruaunt or his maydes tothe, he shall let them go out free for the tothes sake |
| [28]If an oxor any animal smiting a man or a woman, that they die: then the animal shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the animal [shall be] quit. |
[28]If an oxe gore a man or a woman, that they dye, then the oxe shalbe stoned, and his fleshe shall not be eaten: but the owner of the oxe shall go quite |
| [29]But if the animal was smiting in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the animal shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. |
[29]If the oxe were wont to pushe with his horne in time past, and it hath ben tolde his maister, and he hath not kept him, but that he hath killed a man or a woman: then the oxe shalbe stoned, and his owner shall dye also |
| [30]If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. |
[30]If there be set to hym a sume of money, then he shal geue for the redeeming of his life whatsoeuer is layde vpo him |
| [31]Whether he have smote a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. |
[31]And whether he haue gored a sonne or a daughter, accordyng to the same iudgement shall it be done vnto him |
| [32]If the animal shall smite a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the animal shall be stoned. |
[32]But if it be a seruaunt or a mayde that the oxe hath gored, then he shall geue vnto their maister thirtie sicles, and the oxe shalbe stoned |
| [33]And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass or any animal fall therein; |
[33]If a man open a well, or digge a pitte, and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein |
| [34]The owner of the pit shall make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his. |
[34]The owner of the pitte shall make it good, & geue money vnto their maister, and the dead beast shall be his |
| [35]And if one man's ox or any animal hurt another's or any animals of his, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead [ox] also they shall divide. |
[35]If one mans oxe hurt another, that he dye: then they shall sell the lyue oxe, and deuide the money, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide |
| [36]Or if it be known that the animal hath used to smite in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay animal for animal; and the dead shall be his own. |
[36]Or if it be knowen that the oxe hath vsed to pushe in tyme past, & his maister hath not kept hym: he shall paye oxe for oxe, and the dead shalbe his owne |