Exodus 21:20

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“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:15 : 15 But the LORD said to him,“All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the LORD put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.
  • Gen 4:24 : 24 If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!”
  • Gen 9:6 : 6 “Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”
  • Exod 21:26-27 : 26 “If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye. 27 If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
  • Num 35:19 : 19 The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.
  • Num 35:30-33 : 30 “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death. 31 Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death. 32 And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest. 33 “You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
  • Deut 19:21 : 21 You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.
  • Prov 29:19 : 19 A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.
  • Isa 58:3-4 : 3 They lament,‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers. 4 Look, your fasting is accompanied by arguments, brawls, and fistfights. Do not fast as you do today, trying to make your voice heard in heaven.
  • Rom 13:4 : 4 because it is God’s servant for your well-being. But be afraid if you do wrong because government does not bear the sword for nothing. It is God’s servant to administer punishment on the person who does wrong.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 21:21-32
    12 verses
    82%

    21However, if the injured servant survives one or two days, the owner will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss.

    22“If men fight and hit a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no serious injury, he will surely be punished in accordance with what the woman’s husband demands of him, and he will pay what the court decides.

    23But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,

    24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

    25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

    26“If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

    27If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

    28Laws about Animals“If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.

    29But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, and he did not take the necessary precautions, and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death.

    30If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

    31If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule.

    32If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.

  • Exod 21:14-19
    6 verses
    82%

    14But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.

    15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

    16“Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.

    17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.

    18“If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,

    19and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person’s loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed.

  • Exod 21:11-12
    2 verses
    81%

    11If he does not provide her with these three things, then she will go out free, without paying money.

    12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.

  • Num 35:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16“But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

    17If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

    18Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon so that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:4-7
    4 verses
    75%

    4If his master gave him a wife, and she bore sons or daughters, the wife and the children will belong to her master, and he will go out by himself.

    5But if the servant should declare,‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

    6then his master must bring him to the judges, and he will bring him to the door or the doorpost, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

    7“If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do.

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

    14If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.

  • Exod 21:2
    74%

    2Hebrew Servants“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he will go out free without paying anything.

  • Deut 25:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.

    3The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

  • Lev 24:17
    73%

    17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.

  • Num 35:21
    73%

    21or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him.

  • Prov 29:21
    73%

    21If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.

  • Lev 19:20
    73%

    20Lying with a Slave Woman“‘When a man goes to bed with a woman for intercourse, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • Deut 21:22
    72%

    22Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,

  • Lev 24:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him–

    20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth– just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

    21One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

  • Matt 21:35
    72%

    35But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

  • Deut 15:17
    72%

    17you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. Then he will become your servant permanently(this applies to your female servant as well).

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35If the ox of one man injures the ox of his neighbor so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide its proceeds, and they will also divide the dead ox.

    36Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his.

  • Exod 22:2
    71%

    2“If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.

  • Exod 22:14
    71%

    14“If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay.

  • Deut 21:18
    71%

    18If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,

  • Job 31:13
    71%

    13“If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

  • Lev 20:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.

    10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.