19 If he rise again and walk without upon his staff, then shall he that smote him go [a]quit, save only he shall bear his charges [b]for his resting, and shall pay for his healing.

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

21 But if he continue a day or two days, he shall not [c]be punished: for he is his money.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:19 By the civil Justice.
  2. Exodus 21:19 Or, losing of his time.
  3. Exodus 21:21 By the civil magistrate, but before God he is a murderer.

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