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If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.

When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing.

If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her.

If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter.

And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.

But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money.

But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life,

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

burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him.

Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall repay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.

"If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,

but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

For every breach of trust, whether it is for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,' the case of both parties shall come before God. The one whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence. He shall not make restitution for what has been torn.

If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hiring fee.

"If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife.