The animal was slain as a tribute to the sanctity of human life (compare the marginal references and Genesis 4:11). It was stoned, and its flesh wa…

Injuries to the person might arise either from man or from animals. Protection from both was needed. The law given to Noah (Genesis 9:5…

If an ox gore a man. Moses now turns his attention even to animals, so that if they injured anyone, their punishment might increasingly de…

If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die
That are Israelites, of whom only Aben Ezra interprets it; but though …

The cases mentioned here give rules of justice that were applicable then and are still in use for deciding similar matters. These laws teach us tha…