“ If a man beats his male or female slave with a club and the slave dies as a result, the owner must be punished.

“人若用棍子打奴仆或婢女，立时死在他的手下，他必要受刑。

“人若用棍子打奴仆或婢女，当场死在他的手下，他必受报应。

“人若用棍子打奴仆或婢女，当场死在他的手下，他必受报应。

“倘若有人用棍子打他的仆婢，导致他们当场死亡，他必须受惩罚。

“如果有人用棍打他的奴仆或婢女，以致死在他的手下，他必须受刑罚；

「人若用棍子打奴僕或婢女，立時死在他的手下，他必要受刑。

「人若用棍子打奴僕或婢女，當場死在他的手下，他必受報應。

「人若用棍子打奴僕或婢女，當場死在他的手下，他必受報應。

「倘若有人用棍子打他的僕婢，導致他們當場死亡，他必須受懲罰。

“如果有人用棍打他的奴僕或婢女，以致死在他的手下，他必須受刑罰；

『人若用棍子擊打奴僕或使女，以致奴僕死在他手下，他一定必須受刑罰。

以杖擊僕婢、而斃杖下者、必受刑、

如擊僕婢、立斃杖下者、必受刑。

人若以杖擊奴婢、死於手下、必受刑、

“ Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result,

“ Suppose a person beats their male or female slave to death with a club. That person must be punished.

“ When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged.

“ When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse, the owner must be punished.

“ And if someone strikes his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies at his hand, he shall be punished.

“ And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

“ When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse, the owner must be punished.

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 male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will 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.

You must show no pity for the guilty! Your rule should be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy seven times!”

The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God’s servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong.

“ If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye and the eye is blinded, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.And if a man knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.

‘ We have fasted before you!’ they say.‘ Why aren’t you impressed? We have been very hard on ourselves, and you don’t even notice it!’“ I will tell you why!” I respond.“ It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves. Even while you fast, you keep oppressing your workers.What good is fasting when you keep on fighting and quarreling? This kind of fasting will never get you anywhere with me.

The Lord replied,“ No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.

If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image.

Words alone will not discipline a servant; the words may be understood, but they are not heeded.

The victim’s nearest relative is responsible for putting the murderer to death. When they meet, the avenger must put the murderer to death.

“ All murderers must be put to death, but only if evidence is presented by more than one witness. No one may be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and subject to execution; murderers must always be put to death.And never accept a ransom payment from someone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing a slayer to return to his property before the death of the high priest.This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.