§ 247. If a man has hired an ox, and knocked out its eye, he shall pay to the owner of the ox half its value.
Responsibility for unavoidable accidents to a hired ox
§ 248. If a man has hired an ox, and has broken its horn, cut off its tail, or torn its muzzle, he shall pay one-quarter of its value.
§ 249. If a man has hired an ox, and God has struck it, and it has died, the man that hired the ox shall make affidavit and go free.
Death by goring, accidental
§ 250. If a bull has gone wild and gored a man, and caused his death, there can be no suit against the owner.
Responsibility for a vicious ox
§ 251. If a man's ox be a gorer, and has revealed its evil propensity as a gorer, and he has not blunted its horn, or shut up the ox, and then that ox has gored a free man, and caused his death, the owner shall pay half a mina of silver.
§ 252. If it be a slave that has been killed, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver.
Responsibility of a tenant farmer