Exodus 21:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 21:22 : 22 If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
  • Exod 30:12 : 12 When you are taking the number of the children of Israel, let every man who is numbered give to the Lord a price for his life, so that no disease may come on them when they are numbered.
  • Num 35:31-33 : 31 Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death. 32 And no price may be offered for one who has gone in flight to a safe town, for the purpose of letting him come back to his place before the death of the high priest. 33 So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.
  • Prov 13:8 : 8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 82%

    31 If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.

    32 If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.

    33 If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;

    34 The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.

    35 And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.

    36 But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.

  • 80%

    28 If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.

    29 But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.

  • 78%

    18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;

    19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.

    20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.

    21 But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.

  • Exod 22:1-5
    5 verses
    77%

    1 If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made.

    2 If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.

    3 But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible.

    4 If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value.

    5 If a man makes a fire in a field or a vine-garden, and lets the fire do damage to another man's field, he is to give of the best produce of his field or his vine-garden to make up for it.

  • Lev 25:51-52
    2 verses
    76%

    51 If there is still a long time, he will give back, on account of it, a part of the price which was given for him.

    52 And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to the number of years he will give back the price of making him free.

  • 23 But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,

  • 18 And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.

  • Lev 24:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.

    21 He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

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    14 If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.

    15 If the owner is with it, he will not have to make payment: if he gave money for the use of it, the loss is covered by the payment.

  • 16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

  • Exod 22:9-12
    4 verses
    74%

    9 In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.

    10 If a man puts an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast into the keeping of his neighbour, and it comes to death or is damaged or is taken away, without any person seeing it:

    11 If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.

    12 But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.

  • 73%

    11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

    12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

    13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.

  • 27 And if it is an unclean beast, then the owner of it may give money to get it back, in agreement with the value fixed by you, by giving a fifth more; or if it is not taken back, let it be given for money in agreement with your valuing.

  • 18 The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • 18 ...

  • 26 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.

  • 29 Any man given completely to the Lord may not be got back: he is certainly to be put to death.

  • 35 He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

  • 31 Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.

  • 27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

  • 31 But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

  • 4 Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle.

  • Lev 25:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26 And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;

    27 Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for the rest of the years to him who took it, and so get back his property.

  • 13 And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him.

  • 8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

  • 12 The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

  • 15 If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him.

  • 13 But if he has a desire to get it back for himself, let him give a fifth more than your value.