Exodus 21:19

if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed. (2)

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In The King James Version

If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

In Context

18+ 21:18. Ex 21:18 (Ex 21:18-19) (#6.381): T. If a person inflicts bodily damage, they are to pay for the damages / R. The court must implement laws against the one who assaults another or damages another’s property T. Directive: The attacker shall care for the victim until the victim returns to health “If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but is confined to bed;

20+ 21:20. Ex 21:20 (Gen 9:4-6) (#6.382): T. To avenge the death of a servant who has died by his master’s rod (used for discipline) / R. For the court to execute by decapitation with a sword, as it is written “he shall surely be avenged” (v20) / R. For the court to punish any man who strikes in order to kill a servant “If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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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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