21Exodus 21

1These are the lawes which thou shalt set before the.Select Exodus 21:1

2Yf thou bye a servaunte that is an hebrue, sixte yeres he shall serue, and the seuenth he shall goo out fre paynge nothinge.Select Exodus 21:2

3Yf he came alone, he shall goo out alone: Yf he came maried, his wife shall go out with hi.Select Exodus 21:3

4And yf his master haue geuen him a wife and she haue borne him sonnes or doughters: then the wife and hir childern shalbe hir masters ad he shall goo out alone.Select Exodus 21:4

5But and yf the servaunte saye I loue my master and my wife and my children, I will not goo out fre.Select Exodus 21:5

6Then let his master bringe him vnto the Goddes ad set him to the doore or the dorepost, ad bore his eare thorow with a naule, ad let him be his servaunte for euer.Select Exodus 21:6

7Yf a man sell his doughter to be a servaunte: she shall not goo out as the men servauntes doo.Select Exodus 21:7

8Yf she please not hir master, so that he hath geuen her to no man to wife, then shal he let hir goo fre: to sell her vnto a straunge nacion shal he haue no power, because he despised her.Select Exodus 21:8

9Yf he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wife, he shal deale with her as men do with their doughters.Select Exodus 21:9

10Yf he take him another wife, yet hir fode, rayment and dutie off mariage shall he not mynisshe.Select Exodus 21:10

11Yf he do not these thre vnto her, then shal she goo out fre and paye no money.Select Exodus 21:11

12He that smyteth a man that he dye, shalbe slayne for it.Select Exodus 21:12

13Yf a ma laye not awayte but God delyuer him in to his hande, then I wyll poynte the a place whether he shall fle.Select Exodus 21:13

14Yf a man come presumptuously vppon his neyghboure ad slee him with gile, thou shalt take him fro myne alter that he dye.Select Exodus 21:14

15And he that smyteth his father or his mother, shall dye for it.Select Exodus 21:15

16He that stealeth a ma ad selleth him (yf it be proued vppon hym) shall be slayne for it.Select Exodus 21:16

17And he that curseth his father or mother, shall be put to deth for it.Select Exodus 21:17

18Yf men stryue together and one smyte another with a stone or with his fyste, so that he dye not, but lyeth in bedd:Select Exodus 21:18

19yf he ryse agayne and walke without vpon his staffe then shall he that smote hi goo quyte: saue only he shal bere his charges while he laye in bed and paye for his healinge.Select Exodus 21:19

20Yf a man smyte his servaunte or his mayde with a staffe that they dye vnder his hande, it shalbe auenged.Select Exodus 21:20

21But ad yf they contynue a daye or two, it shall not be auenged for they are his money.Select Exodus 21:21

22when men stryue and smyte a woman with childe so that hir frute departe from her and yet no mysfortune foloweth: then shall he be mersed, acordynge as the womans husbonde will laye to his charge, and he shall paye as the dayes men appoynte him.Select Exodus 21:22

23But and yf any mysfortune folowe, then shall he paye lyfe for lyfe,Select Exodus 21:23

24eye for eye, toth for toth, hande for hande, fote for fote,Select Exodus 21:24

25burnynge for burnynge, wonde for wonde and strype for strype.Select Exodus 21:25

26Yf a man smyte his servaunte or his mayde in the eye and put it out, he shall let the goo fre for the eyes sake.Select Exodus 21:26

27Also yf he smyte out hys servauntes or his maydes toth, he shall let the go out fre for the tothes sake.Select Exodus 21:27

28Yf an oxe gore a man or a woman that they dye, then the oxe shalbe stoned, and hys flesh shall not be eaten: and his master shall go quyte.Select Exodus 21:28

29Yf the oxe were wont to runne at men in tyme past and it hath bene tolde his master, and he hath not kepte him, but that he hath kylled a man or a woman: then the oxe shalbe stoned and hys master shall dye also.Select Exodus 21:29

30Yf he be sett to a summe off money, then he shall geue for the delyueraunce off his lyfe, acordynge to all that is put vnto him.Select Exodus 21:30

31And whether he hath gored a sonne or a doughter, he shalbe serued after the same manerSelect Exodus 21:31

32But yf it be a servaunt or a mayde that the oxe hath gored, then he shall geue vnto their master the summe of .xxx sicles, ad the oxe shall be stoned.Select Exodus 21:32

33Yf a man open a well or dygge a pytt and couer it not, but that an oxe or an asse fall therynSelect Exodus 21:33

34the owner off the pytte shall make it good and geue money vnto their master, and the dead beest shalbe his.Select Exodus 21:34

35Yf one mans oxe hurte anothers that he dye: then they shall sell the lyue oxe and deuyde the money, and the deed oxe also they shall deuydeSelect Exodus 21:35