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Exodus 21:20
And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.
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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 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall certainly be put to death.
18 And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to [his] bed,
19 — if he rise, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that struck [him] be guiltless; only he shall pay [for] the loss of his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed.
20 And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.
21 Only, if he continue [to live] a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.
22 And if men strive together, and strike a woman with child, so that she be delivered, and no mischief happen, he shall in any case be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and shall give it as the judges estimate.
23 But if mischief happen, then thou shalt give life for life,
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