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Exodus 21:18
If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
Exodus 21:18 · Bible in Basic English
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Exodus 21:18 in other translations
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
“If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed;
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In context
15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.
17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.
20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
21 But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.
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