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If, however, a man acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him by deceit, you shall take him even from My altar, that he may die.

"And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

"He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

"And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

"And if men contend with each other and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but remains in bed,

if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his loss of time, and he shall take care of him until he is completely healed.

"And if a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall surely be punished.

But if for a day or two he is able to stand, no punishment shall be taken; for he is his property.

"And if a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.

And if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let him go free on account of his tooth.

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

If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his.

Or if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, yet its owner has not confined it, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall become his.

"If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account.

But if the sun has risen on him, there will be bloodguiltiness on his account. He shall surely make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

If what he stole is actually found alive in his hand, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double.

"If a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

"If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he shall pay double.

If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house shall appear before the judges to determine whether he laid his hands on his neighbor's property.