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But if he or she lives a day or two, he will not be punished, for his servant belongs to him.

"If a man hits the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he will let the person go free because of the eye.

If he knocks out a tooth of his man or woman servant, he will let the person go free because of the tooth.

But if he is allowed to pay for his life, then he will pay whatever is asked of him.

the owner of the hole will pay for the loss. He will give money to the animal's owner. And the dead animal will become his.

Or if it is known that the bull has tried to kill with its horns in the past, but its owner has not kept it shut up, he will pay bull for bull. And the dead animal will become his.

If the robber is caught while breaking in, and is hit so that he dies, the owner of the house is not guilty for his blood.

But if the sun has risen on him, there will be guilt for his blood. The robber must pay for the loss. If he has nothing, then he must be sold for stealing.

If a man lets his cattle eat from a field or grape-field and lets his cattle loose to eat in another man's field, he will pay for the loss from the best of his own field or grape-field.

"If a man gives his neighbor money or things to keep for him, and it is stolen from the man's house, if the robber is caught he will pay twice as much as the loss.

If the robber is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought to the judges. They will see if he stole what belongs to his neighbor.

For every wrong act, if it is for bull, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing about which someone says, ‘This is mine,' the stories of both men will come in front of the judges. Whoever the judges say is guilty will pay his neighbor twice as much as the loss.

"If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, bull, sheep or any animal to keep for him, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away while no one is looking,

the two men will make a promise before the Lord that he has not taken what belongs to his neighbor. The owner will take his word for it. And he will not make him pay for the loss.

"If a man asks to use anything that belongs to his neighbor, and it gets hurt or dies while its owner is not with it, the man who was using it will pay for the loss.

"If a man tempts a woman who has never had a man and is not promised in marriage, and lies with her, he must pay a wedding gift for her to be his wife.

For that is his only covering. It is his clothing for his body. What else will he sleep in? When he cries out to Me, I will hear him. For I have loving-pity.

You will have the special supper of bread without yeast. For seven days you are to eat bread without yeast at the time I tell you in the month of Abib. For you came out of Egypt during this month. And no one will come before Me with nothing in his hands.

Listen to him and obey his voice. Do not turn against him, for he will not forgive your sins, because My name is in him.

But if you obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will hate those who hate you and fight against those who fight against you.