1“Now, these are the laws that you must present to them.
2“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he will serve for six years. In the seventh year, he will go free without having to pay anything.
3If he came in by himself, he will leave by himself. If he was married when he came, then his wife will leave with him.
4If his master gives him a wife and she has sons or daughters for him, the wife and her children will belong to her master, and he will leave by himself.
5But if the servant clearly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I don’t want to go free;’
6then his master must bring him to God. He must bring him to the door or the doorframe, and his master must pierce his ear with an awl. Then the servant will serve him for life.
7“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she will not go free in the same way male servants do.
8If she doesn’t please her master, who had planned to marry her, then he must allow her to be bought back. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has been unfaithful to her.
9If he gives her to his son, he must treat her like a daughter.
10If he takes another wife for himself, he must not reduce the first wife's food, clothing, or marital rights.
11If he fails to provide these three things for her, she can go free without paying anything.
12Anyone who strikes a person and causes their death must be put to death.
13But if it was not on purpose, and God allowed it to happen, I will set aside a place where the person can run for safety.
14If someone plans and deliberately kills their neighbor, you must take that person from my altar and put them to death.
15Anyone who attacks their father or mother must be put to death.
16Anyone who kidnaps another person and sells them, or if that person is still found in their possession, must be put to death.
17Anyone who curses their father or mother must be put to death.
18If men are fighting and one hits the other with a stone or with his fist, and the injured person doesn't die but is confined to bed;
19if he later gets up and can walk around with a staff, then the one who struck him will not be punished with death. He only has to pay for the time the injured person lost from work and cover the cost of his full recovery.
20If a man strikes his male or female servant with a rod, and the servant dies while he is hitting them, the owner must be punished.
21However, if the servant lives for a day or two afterward, the owner will not be punished, because the servant is his property.
22If men are fighting and they accidentally hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, but no other harm comes to her or the child, the one who hurt her must pay a fine. The amount of the fine will be decided by the woman's husband and approved by the judges.
23But if harm does come, then you must give a life for a life,
24an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,
25a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, and a bruise for a bruise.
26If a man strikes his male or female servant in the eye and permanently damages it, he must set the servant free as compensation for the eye.
27If a man knocks out a tooth of his male or female servant, he must set the servant free as compensation for the tooth.
28If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull must be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. However, the owner of the bull will not be held accountable.
29But if a bull had a history of goring people in the past, and its owner was warned but didn't keep it contained, and it then kills a man or a woman, the bull must be stoned, and its owner must also be put to death.
30If a fine is imposed on him instead, he must pay whatever amount is set to spare his life.
31Whether the bull gored a son or a daughter, the same rule applies to the owner.
32If the bull gores a male or female servant, the owner of the bull must pay their master 30 shekels of silver, and the bull must be stoned.
33If someone opens a pit or digs one and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
34the owner of the pit must pay for the animal. He must give money to its owner, and the dead animal will belong to him.
35If one person's bull injures another person's bull so that it dies, they must sell the living bull and divide the money from it; they must also divide the dead animal.
36But if it was known that the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and its owner didn't keep it contained, he must pay an ox for an ox, and the dead animal will belong to him.