Exodus 21:20

And when a man smiteth his servant or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, condemned he shall be condemned.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

In Context

19If he rise (again) and walk about upon his staff, he who smote him shall be acquitted; only he shall make good his loss of labour, and defray the charge of the physician.

21But if he survive one day, or two, he shall not be condemned, because he was his money.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:24If seven generations are suspended unto Kain, will there not be to Lemek his son seventy and seven?

Exodus 21:26And if a man smite the eye of his servant or his handmaid and destroy it, he shall let him go free, for the sake of his eye.

Numbers 35:30Whosoever killeth a person shall die, by the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against a man to put (him) to death.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:13-22

12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to… Read the whole commentary →

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