Exodus 21:27

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 21:27

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

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KJV

King James Version

And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

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WEB

World English Bible

If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And if he smite out his man-servant’s tooth, or his maid-servant’s tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 21

²⁵ burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

²⁶ If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

²⁷ And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

²⁸ If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

²⁹ But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

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