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Exodus 21-26 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 01:55, February 17, 2010
, 01:55, February 17, 2010→Chapter 21
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| Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
| Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
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|Now these are the laws that you will give them to live under.
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|Literally, "these are the judgments you shall place before their faces."
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| If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
| If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
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|If you buy a Hebrew slave, he will serve you for six years, and in the seventh year he will be free again and owe you nothing.
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|Slaves are normally not to remain slaves forever. Note the term: six years, corresponding to the six days of creation.
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| If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
| If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
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|If he came in single, he will go out single; if he had a wife, then his wife will go out with him.
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| 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.
| 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.
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|If his master gives him a wife, and she gave birth to sons or daughters for him, then the wife and her children will still belong to the master, and he will go out single.
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| And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
| And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
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|Now if the slave is willing to say directly, "I love my master, my wife, and my children, and I would rather not reclaim my freedom,"
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|The Hebrew repeats the verb "to say" for emphasis.
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| 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 aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
| 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 aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
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|then his master will bring him to the judges, and will also bring him close to the door, or to the door jamb. There his mater will bore his ear through with an awl, and he will serve him for the rest of his life.
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|Literally, "serve him for eon." [[Greek]] has the same idiom.
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| And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
| And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
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|If a man sells his daughter as a maidservant, she shall not reclaim her freedom the way a manservant would.
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| 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.
| 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.
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|If her master is not pleased with her, after he betrothed her to himself, then he will allow her to be ransomed to freedom. He will not have the right to sell her to a foreign people, because he has dealt treacherously with her.
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|Literally, "if she is evil in the eyes of her master," idiomatic for "not to please"
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| And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
| And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
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|If he has betrothed her to his son, then he must treat her like a daughter.
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| If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
| If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
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|If he takes another wife, then he will not diminish anything from his obligation to provide her food, clothing, and shelter.
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| And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
| And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
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|If he is not willing to provide these three things to her, she will reclaim her freedom and owe him no money.
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| He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
| He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
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|Anyone who strikes another man with a fatal blow will certainly be executed.
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|The crime of [[manslaughter]], by this code, is punished as severely as is [[murder]] in either degree.
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| 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.
| 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.
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|If a man did not hunt down the other man, but God fated that man to die at his hand, I will appoint for you a place to which he shall flee.
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| 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.
| 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.
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|But if a man murders his neighbor with premeditation and treachery, you will drag him away from My altar, as the case may be, and have him executed.
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| And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
| And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
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|Anyone who strikes his father or his mother will certainly be executed.
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| And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
| And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
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|If a man kidnaps another man and sells him, or if that other man be found in his hands, the kidnapper will certainly be executed.
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| And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
| And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
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|Anyone who slights his father or his mother will certainly be executed.
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| And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
| And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
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|If men are fighting with one another, and one of them strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and the other man does not die, but is made bedridden:
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| 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.
| 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.
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|If that man gets up again and is able to walk again using a staff, then the one who struck him will be acquitted--but he must recompense him for lost worktime and see to his complete recovery.
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|This is the first victim's compensation statute on record.
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| And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
| And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
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|If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a club, and the servant dies at his hand, then the dead person shall be avenged.
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| Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
| Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
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|However, if the stricken servant remains alive for a day or two, then he will not be avenged, because he is his property.
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|Literally, "remains standing." For "property," the literal word is [[silver]].
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| 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.
| 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.
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|If men fight with one another, and in the process injure a pregnant woman and cause her to miscarry, but no further mishap follows, then the man doing the injury will pay whatever fine the husband demands and the mediators allow.
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| And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
| And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
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|If further mishap does occur, then you will give life for life,
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|This detailed statement of the ''lex talionis'' is meant to
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| Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
| Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
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|eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
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|restrain the injured party from exacting more vengeance than
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| Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
| Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
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|scorching for scorching, injury for injury, and welt for welt.
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|is warranted. The malefactor must suffer in precise proportion to the suffering he caused, but no more.
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| 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.
| 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.
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|If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant in the eye, and the eye is ruined, then he will dismiss that person immediately to recompense him/her for the loss of the eye.
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|A deterrent against the physical abuse of a slave.
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| 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.
| 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.
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|If he knocks out his manservant's or maidservant's tooth, he will dismiss him to recompense him for the loss of the tooth.
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| If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
| If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
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|If an [[ox]] gores a man or a woman to death, the ox is to be stoned to death, and his flesh not eaten. The owner of the ox will be acquitted.
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| But if the ox were wont to push with his horn 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 ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
| But if the ox were wont to push with his horn 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 ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
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|But if the ox had been known to threaten to gore others in the past, and if that fact has been made known to the owner, and the owner did not keep the ox in, and then let the ox kill a man or a woman, the ox will be stoned, and moreover the owner will be executed.
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|Literally, "three days from yesterday." This law makes a man responsible for injuries or deaths that his livestock cause, when he has good reason to suspect that any of his livestock might present a public danger or nuisance.
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| 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.
| 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.
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|If instead a ransom is imposed on him, he will ransom his life by paying the full sum demanded.
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| Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
| Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
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|Whether the ox gores a son or a daughter, this will be done to him according to custom.
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| If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
| If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
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|If the ox threatens a manservant or maidservant with a goring motion, the owner will pay the servant's master thirty silver shekels, and the ox is to be stoned.
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| 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 fall therein;
| 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 fall therein;
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|If a man opens a dry well, or digs a dry well, and fails to cover it, and an ox or donkey falls in,
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| The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
| The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
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|the dry well's owner must repay in silver the onwer of the lost animal, and the dead animal will then belong to him.
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| And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
| And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
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|If one man's ox fatally injures another man's ox, they will sell the live ox and divide the silver price between them, and will also divide the dead ox.
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| Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
| Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
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|But if that ox was known to threaten to gore other animals in the past, and its owner has not penned him in, he will repay an ox for the lost ox, and the dead ox will then belong to him.
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