Exodus 21:10-20 Modern English Version (MEV)

10. If he marries another wife, then he must not diminish the first one’s food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

11. If he does not provide these three for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.

12. He that strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

13. However, if it was not premeditated, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place where he may flee.

14. But if a man willfully comes upon his neighbor in order to kill him cunningly, then you must take him from My altar, that he may die.

15. He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

16. He who kidnaps a man and sells him, or if he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

17. He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

18. If men fight and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die, but must remain in bed,

19. and then if he gets up and walks around on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished. Only he must pay for his loss of time and shall see to it that he is thoroughly healed.

20. If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a rod so that he or she dies at his hand, then he shall surely be punished.

Exodus 21