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19 if the victim gets up and can walk around outside with his staff, then the one who struck him shall not be punished, but he must pay for the victim’s lost work time while he is recuperating, until he is completely healed.

20 If a man strikes his male or his female servant with a club,[a] and the servant dies at his hand, he must certainly be punished. 21 However, if the servant gets up after a day or two,[b] the man shall not be punished, for the servant was his property.

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  1. Exodus 21:20 Or staff
  2. Exodus 21:21 Or survives a day or two