Exodus 21:22
“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.
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- Deut 22:18-19 : 18 The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him. 19 They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
- Exod 21:30 : 30 If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.
- Deut 16:18 : 18 Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
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- Exod 21:23-264 verses87%
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.
- Exod 21:18-214 verses77%
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.
20“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.
21However, if the injured servant survives one or two days, the owner will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss.
- Exod 21:30-312 verses72%
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.
- Deut 25:11-122 verses72%
11If two men get into a hand-to-hand fight, and the wife of one of them gets involved to help her husband against his attacker, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his private parts,
12then you must cut off her hand– do not pity her.
- Exod 21:11-133 verses71%
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.
13But if he does not do it with premeditation, but it happens by accident, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
- Deut 22:18-269 verses70%
18The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him.
19They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
20But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,
21the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
22If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.
23If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and goes to bed with her,
24you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you.
25But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die.
26You must not do anything to the young woman– she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person and murders him,
- Lev 24:18-214 verses70%
18One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life.
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.
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31Then the man will be free from iniquity, but that woman will bear the consequences of her iniquity.’”
- Exod 21:35-362 verses69%
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.
- Deut 25:1-22 verses69%
1If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.
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.
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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.
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56Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,
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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.
- Num 5:27-282 verses68%
27When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness– her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.
28But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects and will be able to bear children.
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13and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–
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21You 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.
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11For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.
- Exod 22:16-172 verses67%
16Moral and Ceremonial Laws“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and goes to bed with her, he must surely pay the marriage price for her to be his wife.
17If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins.
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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.
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13The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!
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22“But if he strikes him suddenly, without enmity, or throws anything at him unintentionally,
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16To the woman he said,“I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you.”
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20But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you….”
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15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
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14accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”