[21:20] "If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. [21:21] Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.
[21:22] "If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow. [21:23] But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life, [21:24] eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, [21:25] burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
[21:26] "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. [21:27] If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
[21:28] "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible. [21:29] But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death. [21:30] If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him. [21:31] Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. [21:32] If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
[21:33] "If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it, [21:34] the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
[21:35] "If one man's bull injures another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal. [21:36] Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
[22:1] "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. [22:2] If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him. [22:3] If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt of bloodshed for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. [22:4] If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
[22:5] "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.
[22:6] "If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
[22:7] "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double. [22:8] If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods. [22:9] For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.