Exodus 21
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
1Hæc sunt judicia quæ propones eis.
2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
2Si emeris servum hebræum, sex annis serviet tibi: in septimo egredietur liber gratis.
3If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.
3Cum quali veste intraverit, cum tali exeat: si habens uxorem, et uxor egredietur simul.
4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
4Sin autem dominus dederit illi uxorem, et pepererit filios et filias: mulier et liberi ejus erunt domini sui, ipse vero exibit cum vestitu suo.
5But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’
5Quod si dixerit servus: Diligo dominum meum et uxorem ac liberos; non egrediar liber:
6then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.
6offeret eum dominus diis, et applicabitur ad ostium et postes, perforabitque aurem ejus subula: et erit ei servus in sæculum.
7And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
7Si quis vendiderit filiam suam in famulam, non egredietur sicut ancillæ exire consueverunt.
8If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
8Si displicuerit oculis domini sui cui tradita fuerat, dimittet eam: populo autem alieno vendendi non habebit potestatem, si spreverit eam.
9And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.
9Sin autem filio suo desponderit eam, juxta morem filiarum faciet illi.
10If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
10Quod si alteram ei acceperit, providebit puellæ nuptias, et vestimenta, et pretium pudicitiæ non negabit.
11If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.
11Si tria ista non fecerit, egredietur gratis absque pecunia.
12Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
12Qui percusserit hominem volens occidere, morte moriatur.
13If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
13Qui autem non est insidiatus, sed Deus illum tradidit in manus ejus, constituam tibi locum in quem fugere debeat.
14But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
14Si quis per industriam occiderit proximum suum, et per insidias: ab altari meo evelles eum, ut moriatur.
15Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.
15Qui percusserit patrem suum aut matrem, morte moriatur.
16Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
16Qui furatus fuerit hominem, et vendiderit eum, convictus noxæ, morte moriatur.
17Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
17Qui maledixerit patri suo, vel matri, morte moriatur.
18If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
18Si rixati fuerint viri, et percusserit alter proximum suum lapide vel pugno, et ille mortuus non fuerit, sed jacuerit in lectulo:
19then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
19si surrexerit, et ambulaverit foris super baculum suum, innocens erit qui percusserit, ita tamen ut operas ejus et impensas in medicos restituat.
20If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
20Qui percusserit servum suum, vel ancillam virga, et mortui fuerint in manibus ejus, criminis reus erit.
21However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
21Sin autem uno die vel duobus supervixerit, non subjacebit pœnæ, quia pecunia illius est.
22If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
22Si rixati fuerint viri, et percusserit quis mulierem prægnantem, et abortivum quidem fecerit, sed ipsa vixerit: subjacebit damno quantum maritus mulieris expetierit, et arbitri judicaverint.
23But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
23Sin autem mors ejus fuerit subsecuta, reddet animam pro anima,
24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
24oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente, manum pro manu, pedem pro pede,
25burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
25adustionem pro adustione, vulnus pro vulnere, livorem pro livore.
26If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
26Si percusserit quispiam oculum servi sui aut ancillæ, et luscos eos fecerit, dimittet eos liberos pro oculo quem eruit.
27And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
27Dentem quoque si excusserit servo vel ancillæ suæ, similiter dimittet eos liberos.
28If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
28Si bos cornu percusserit virum aut mulierem, et mortui fuerint, lapidibus obruetur: et non comedentur carnes ejus, dominus quoque bovis innocens erit.
29But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
29Quod si bos cornupeta fuerit ab heri et nudiustertius, et contestati sunt dominum ejus, nec recluserit eum, occideritque virum aut mulierem: et bos lapidibus obruetur, et dominum ejus occident.
30If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.
30Quod si pretium fuerit ei impositum, dabit pro anima sua quidquid fuerit postulatus.
31If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.
31Filium quoque et filiam si cornu percusserit, simili sententiæ subjacebit.
32If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
32Si servum ancillamque invaserit, triginta siclos argenti domino dabit, bos vero lapidibus opprimetur.
33If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
33Si quis aperuerit cisternam, et foderit, et non operuerit eam, cecideritque bos aut asinus in eam,
34the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
34reddet dominus cisternæ pretium jumentorum: quod autem mortuum est, ipsius erit.
35If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
35Si bos alienus bovem alterius vulneraverit, et ille mortuus fuerit: vendent bovem vivum, et divident pretium, cadaver autem mortui inter se dispertient.
36But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
36Sin autem sciebat quod bos cornupeta esset ab heri et nudiustertius, et non custodivit eum dominus suus: reddet bovem pro bove, et cadaver integrum accipiet.
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