18 “Now if people have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with a fist, and he does not die but [a]is confined to bed, 19 if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his [b]loss of time, and [c]shall pay for his care until he is completely healed.

20 “And if someone strikes his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies [d]at his hand, he shall [e]be punished.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:18 Lit lies in
  2. Exodus 21:19 Lit his sitting
  3. Exodus 21:19 Lit healing, he shall cause to be healed
  4. Exodus 21:20 Lit under
  5. Exodus 21:20 Lit suffer vengeance

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