Exodus 21:8-16 Modern English Version (MEV)

8. If she does not please her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He has no authority to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has dealt deceitfully with her.

9. If he has designated her for his son, then he shall deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters.

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.

Exodus 21