Exodus 21:12-21

¹²“He who strikes someone so that he dies shall certainly be put to death. ¹³Yet if he did not lie in wait for him, but God caused him to fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee. ¹⁴If, however, someone is enraged against his neighbor, so as to kill him in a cunning way, you are to take him even from My altar, to be put to death.

¹⁵“And one who strikes his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.

¹⁶“Now one who kidnaps someone, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall certainly be put to death.

¹⁷“And one who curses his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.

¹⁸“Now if people have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed, ¹⁹if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his loss of time, and shall pay for his care until he is completely healed.

²⁰“And if someone strikes his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies at his hand, he shall be punished. ²¹If, however, the slave survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for the slave is his property.