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OET-RV by cross-referenced section EXO 21:12

EXO 21:12–21:27 ©

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Rules about violence to others

Exo 21:12–27

21:12 Rules about violence to others

12Whoever strikes someone and that person dies, must definitely be put to death.[ref] 13But if it wasn’t premeditated—if God had let it happen as an accident—then I’ll assign a place where the one who hit them can flee to.[ref] 14However, if someone had schemed to trap and kill their neighbour, then even if the killer clings to my altar, you must take them for execution.

15Anyone who strikes their father or mother must certainly be put to death.

16Anyone who abducts another person—either to sell or to keep as a slavethat person must certainly be put to death.[ref]

17Anyone who curses their father or mother must certainly be put to death.[ref]

18If two people fight and one hits their neighbour with a stone or with their fist, and the injured one doesn’t die but is bedridden, 19if that person eventually rises and can walk about outside using a staff, then the person who struck them is free, other than reimbursing the costs of their lost work and their medical expenses.

20If a master hits their male or female slave with a staff and the slave dies, then the death must certainly be avenged. 21However, if the slave is able to stand within a couple of days, then the owner won’t be punished because the slave is their property.

22If two people fight together and strike a pregnant woman and cause her to deliver the baby, if there’s no serious injury, then he must certainly be fined whatever the husband of the woman demands and the judges allow. 23But if there’s serious injury, then you must give a life for a life, 24an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,[ref] 25a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, and a bruise for a bruise.

26If a master hits their male or female slave’s eye and damages it, they must let the slave go free in compensation for the eye. 27Or if the master knocks out a tooth of a male or female slave, they must let the slave go free in compensation for the tooth.


Collected OET-RV cross-references

Lev 24:17:

17[ref]


24:17: Exo 21:12.

Num 35:10-34:

10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19

20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31 32 33 34

Deu 19:1-13:

19:1 The refuge cities

(Num. 35:9-28, Josh. 20:1-9)

19[ref] 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10

11 12 13


19:1-13: Josh 20:1-9.

Josh 20:1-9:

20:1 The refuge cities

20Then Yahweh told Yehoshua,[ref] 2“Tell the Israelis to select some cities that people can flee to in order to be safe, just as I instructed you through Mosheh, 3so that if someone accidentally kills someone else, they can escape there and be safe from the dead person’s family. 4When that person flees to one of these cities, they must stand at the city gate and tell the elders there what happened. Then they should bring the person into the city and give them a place there to live in. 5Now if a relative of the deceased comes to avenge the death, the city elders won’t hand over the killer because the death was accidental and didn’t happen because of hate or premeditation. 6So then that person must stay in the city until they’re brought before the panel of judges. If they decide that the death wasn’t deliberate, the person must remain in that city until the death of the high priest, then they can freely return to their own city and own home.”

7So the Israelis chose Kedesh (in the Galilee region in the hill country of Naftali) and Shekem (in the hill country of Efraim) and Kiriat-Arba (now called Hebron, in the hill country of Yehudah). 8On the other side of the Yordan river, they chose Betser (in the wilderness on the plateau from the tribe of Reuben), Ramot (in the Gilead from the tribe of Gad), and Golan (in the Bashan from the tribe of Manashsheh). 9Those were the appointed cities for both Israelis and foreigners living among them, so that anyone who accidentally killed someone could flee there and be safe from being avenged by the deceased’s relatives until they could receive a proper trial.


20:1-9: Num 35:9-34; Deu 4:41-43; 19:1-13.

Deu 24:7:

24:7 The law concerning the egtangag of other

7[ref]


24:7: Exo 21:16.

Lev 20:9:

9[ref]


20:9: Exo 21:17; Mat 15:4; Mrk 7:10.

Mat 15:4:

4[ref]God told us to honour our father and our mother, and also that anyone who speaks evil about their father or mother deserves the death penalty.


15:4: a Exo 20:12; Deu 5:16; b Exo 21:17; Lev 20:9.

Mrk 7:10:

10[ref]Mosheh teaches us,

‘Honour your parents,’

and

‘Anyone dishonestly slandering their parents deserves the death penalty.’


7:10: a Exo 20:12; Deu 5:16; b Exo 21:17; Lev 20:9.

Lev 24:19-20:

19 20[ref]


24:20: Exo 21:23-25; Deu 19:21; Mat 5:38.

Deu 19:21:

21[ref]


19:21: Exo 21:23-25; Lev 24:19-20; Mat 5:38.

Mat 5:38:

5:38 Teaching about being taken advantage of

(Luke 6:29-30)

38[ref]You’ve all heard it said that it’s an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,


5:38: Exo 21:24; Lev 24:20; Deu 19:21.