[12] “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. [13] However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. [14] But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death. [15] “Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death. [16] “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession. [17] “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. [18] “If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, [19] the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed. [20] “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, [21] but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property. [22] “If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. [23] But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, [24] eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, [25] burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. [26] “An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. [27] And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
