Exodus 21

Great^{(i) 1} These are the lawes whyche thou shalt set before them. ² If thou bye a seruaunte that is an Hebrue, syxe yeres he shal serue, and in the seuenth he shall goo out fre payinge nothynge. ³ If he came alone, he shall goo out alone. And yf he came maried, hys wyfe shall goo oute with hym: ⁴ And yf hys master haue geuen hym a wyfe and she haue borne hym sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and hyr children shalbe hir masters and he shall goo oute alone. ⁵ And yf the seruaunte saye: I loue my master, my wyfe and my chyldren, I wyll not goo oute fre. ⁶ Hys master shall brynge hym vnto the iudges, and sett hym to the doore or the dorepost and hys master shall bore hys eare thorowe with a nawle, and he shalbe hys seruaunte for euer. ⁷ And yf a man sell hys daughter to be a seruaunte: she shall not goo oute as the men seruauntes doo. ⁸ If she also please not hyr master, and he geueth her to noman to wyfe, then shall he let hyr go fre: to sell her vnto a straunge nacyon shall he haue no power, seinge he despysed her. ⁹ If he haue promysed her vnto hys sonne to wyfe, he shall deale with her as men do with theyr daughters. ¹⁰ And yf he take hym another wyfe, yet hyr fode, hyr rayment and dutie of mariage shal he not mynishe. ¹¹ And yf he do not these thre vnto her, then shall she goo out fre and paye no money. ¹² He that smyteth a man that he dye, shalbe slayne for it. ¹³ If a man laye not awayte but God delyuer hym into hys hande, then I wyll poynte the a place whether he shall fle. ¹⁴ If a man come presumpteously vpon hys neyghboure to slee him with gyle, thou shalt take him fro myne alter that he dye. ¹⁵ He that smyteth hys father or hys mother, let hym be slayne for it. ¹⁶ He that stealeth a man and selleth him (yf it be proued vpon hym) shall be slayne for it. ¹⁷ And he that cursseth hys father or mother, shall be put to deth for it. ¹⁸ If men stryue together & one smyte another with a stone or with hys fyste, and he dye not, but lyeth in bedd: ¹⁹ yf he ryse agayne and walke without vpon hys staffe, then shall he that smote him go quyte: saue onely he shall bere hys charges for lesynge hys tyme, and shall paye for hys healynge. ²⁰ And yf a man smyte hys seruaunte or his mayde with a rodd, and they dye vnder hys hande, it shalbe auenged in dede. ²¹ And yf they continue a daye or two, it shall not be auenged, for they are hys money. ²² Yf men stryue & hurte a woman with chylde, so that hyr frute departe from her, and yet no misfortune foloweth: then shall he be mersed, accordynge as the womans husband wyll laye to his charge, and he shall paye as the dayes men appoynte hym. ²³ And yf any misfortune folowe, then shall he paye lyfe for lyfe ²⁴ eye for eye, toth for toth, hande for hande, fote for fote, ²⁵ burning for burninge, wounde for wounde, strype for strype. ²⁶ And yf a man smyte hys seruaunte or his mayde in the eye that it peryshe, he shall lett them goo fre for the eyes sake. ²⁷ Also yf he smyte oute hys seruauntes or hys maydes toth, he shall let them go oute fre for the tothes sake. ²⁸ If an oxe gore a man or a woman that they dye, then the oxe shalbe stoned, and hys fleshe shall not be eaten: but the owner of the oxe shall go quyte. ²⁹ If the oxe were wont to pusshe in tyme past, and it hath bene told hys master: and he hath not kept hym, but that he hath kylled a man or a woman: then the oxe shalbe stoned and hys owner shall dye als ³⁰ If there be sett to hym a summe of money, then he shall geue for the delyueraunce of hys lyfe, whatsoeuer is put vnto hym. ³¹ And whether he hath gored a sonne or hurte a daughter, he shalbe serued after the same maner. ³² But yf it be a seruaunt or a mayde that the oxe hath gored, then he shall geue vnto theyr master .xxx. sycles, and the oxe shall be stoned. ³³ If a man open a well or dygge a pytt and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therin, ³⁴ the owner of the pyt shall make it good, and geue money vnto theyr master, and the dead beast shalbe hys. ³⁵ If one mans oxe hurte another that he dye: then they shall sell the lyue oxe and deuyde the money, and the deed oxe also they shall deuyde. ³⁶ Or yf it be knowen that the oxe hath vsed to pusshe in tymes past, and hys master hath not kepte him, he shall paye oxe for oxe, and the deed shalbe his awne.