1 These are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
2 If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee: in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
3 With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him.
4 But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters: the woman and her children shall be her master's: but he himself shall go out with his raiment.
5 And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free:
6 His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever.
7 If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out.
8 If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her.
9 But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
10 And if he take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity.
11 If he do not these three things, she shall go out free without money.
12 He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death.
13 But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee.
14 If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar, that he may die.
15 He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death.
16 He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, shall be put to death.
17 He that curseth his father, or mother, shall die the death.
18 If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
19 If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians.
20 He that striketh his bondman or bondwoman with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime.
21 But if the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is his money.
22 If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with child, and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman's husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award.
23 But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life.
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 If any man strike the eye of his manservant or maidservant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free for the eye which he put out.
27 Also if he strike out a tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he shall in like manner make them free.
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, and they die, he shall be stoned: and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
29 But if the ox was wont to push with his horn yesterday and the day before, and they warned his master, and he did not shut him up, and he shall kill a man or a woman: then the ox shall be stoned, an his owner also shall be put to death.
30 And if they set a price upon him, he shall give for his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 If he have gored a son, or a daughter, he shall fall under the like sentence.
32 If he assault a bondman or a bond woman, he shall give thirty sicles of silver to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
34 The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is dead shall be his own.
35 If one man's ox gore another man's ox, and he die: they shall sell the live ox, and shall divide the price, and the carcass of that which died they shall part between them:
36 But if he knew that his ox was wont to push yesterday and the day before, and his master did not keep him in: he shall pay ox for ox, and shall take the whole carcass.
Versículos relacionados com Exodus, 21:
Exodus 21 is a chapter that presents several laws and regulations for justice and peaceful coexistence among people. Among the topics covered are slavery, liability, death penalty and other relevant legal issues. From this we can find the following related verses:
Proverbs 22:7: "The rich dominates over the poor, and what he borrows is a servant of what he lends." This verse refers to the question of slavery, which is addressed in Exodus 21. In biblical time, slavery was a common practice, but the Bible presents regulations to protect slaves and prevent abuse.
Leviticus 24:17: "And he who kills any man will surely be killed." The death penalty is a theme present in Exodus 21 and in other parts of the Bible. This verse presents the determination that the one who takes away the life of another human being must be punished with death.
Deuteronomy 19:21: "Thou shalt not have mercy; life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand by hand, foot by foot." This verse presents the principle of retributive justice, which is approached in Exodus 21. The idea is that punishment must be proportional to the crime committed, and there should be no excesses or abuse.
Romans 13:1-4: "Every soul is subject to the superior authorities; for there is no authority that does not come from God; and those who exist were ordained by God. Therefore, who resists authority, resists God's ordination; Those who resist will bring about themselves. Because the magistrates are not for fear when good is done, but when you do evil. Do you want to fear authority? This excerpt from the New Testament presents the idea that civilian authorities are instituted by God to maintain order and justice in society. This principle is in line with the regulations presented in Exodus 21.
Luke 6:31: "And as you will want men to make you, so do you." This verse presents the principle of empathy and respect for others, which is one of the foundations of the law presented in Exodus 21. The idea is to treat others with justice and compassion, as we would like to be treated.
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