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Exodus 21:20
If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
Exodus 21:20 · Bible in Basic English
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Exodus 21:20 in other translations
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.
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In context
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.
22 If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
23 But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,
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