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Book of Exodus, Chapter 21

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Chapter 21 of Exodus—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ “Now these are the 1ordinances which you are to set before them:
  2. ¶ “If you buy 2a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.
  3. If he comes [a]alone, he shall go out [b]alone; if he is the husband of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.
  4. If his master gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out [c]alone.
  5. But 3if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out as a free man,’
  6. then his master shall bring him to [d]God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.
  7. ¶ “4If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to [e]go free 5as the male slaves [f]do.
  8. If she is [g]displeasing in the eyes of her master [h]who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people because of his [i]unfairness to her.
  9. If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.
  10. If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her [j]food, her clothing, or 6her conjugal rights.
  11. If he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.
  12. ¶ “7He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.
  13. 8But [k]if he did not lie in wait for him, but 9God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee.
  14. 10If, however, a man acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him craftily, you are to take him even from My altar, that he may die.
  15. ¶ “He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
  16. ¶ “11He who [l]kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his [m]possession, shall surely be put to death.
  17. ¶ “12He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
  18. ¶ “If men have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but [n]remains in bed,
  19. if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his [o]loss of time, and [p]shall take care of him until he is completely healed.
  20. ¶ “If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies [q]at his hand, he shall [r]be punished.
  21. If, however, he [s]survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; 13for he is his [t]property.
  22. ¶ “If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that [u]she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband [v]may demand of him, and he shall 14pay [w]as the judges decide.
  23. But if there is any further injury, 15then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life,
  24. 16eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
  25. burn for burn, wound for wound, [x]bruise for bruise.
  26. ¶ “If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.
  27. And if he [y]knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let him go free on account of his tooth.
  28. ¶ “If an ox gores a man or a woman [z]to death, 17the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished.
  29. If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.
  30. If a ransom is [aa]demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is [ab]demanded of him.
  31. Whether it gores a son or [ac]a daughter, it shall be done to him according to [ad]the same rule.
  32. If the ox gores a male or female slave, [ae]the owner shall give his or her master 18thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
  33. ¶ “If a man opens a pit, or [af]digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
  34. the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall [ag]give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his.
  35. ¶ “If one man’s ox hurts another’s so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide its price equally; and also they shall divide the dead ox.
  36. Or if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, yet its owner has not confined it, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall become his.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit by himself
  2. ^ Lit by himself
  3. ^ Lit by himself
  4. ^ Or the judges who acted in God’s name
  5. ^ Lit go out
  6. ^ Lit go out
  7. ^ Lit bad
  8. ^ Another reading is so that he did not designate her
  9. ^ Lit dealing treacherously
  10. ^ Lit flesh
  11. ^ Lit he who
  12. ^ Lit steals
  13. ^ Lit hand
  14. ^ Lit lies
  15. ^ Lit his sitting
  16. ^ Lit healing, he shall cause to be healed
  17. ^ Lit under
  18. ^ Lit suffer vengeance
  19. ^ Lit stands
  20. ^ Lit money
  21. ^ Or an untimely birth occurs; lit her children come out
  22. ^ Lit lays on him
  23. ^ Lit by arbitration
  24. ^ Lit welt
  25. ^ Lit causes to fall
  26. ^ Lit so that he dies
  27. ^ Lit laid on him
  28. ^ Lit laid on him
  29. ^ Lit gores a daughter
  30. ^ Lit this judgment
  31. ^ Lit he
  32. ^ Lit if a man digs
  33. ^ Lit give back

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ex 24:3, 4; De 4:14; 6:1
  2. ^ Le 25:39-43; De 15:12-18; Je 34:14
  3. ^ De 15:16, 17
  4. ^ Ne 5:5
  5. ^ Ex 21:2, 3
  6. ^ 1Co 7:3, 5
  7. ^ Ge 9:6; Le 24:17; Nu 35:30; Mt 26:52
  8. ^ Nu 35:10-34; De 19:1-13; Jos 20:1-9
  9. ^ 1Sa 24:4, 10, 18
  10. ^ De 19:11, 12; 1Ki 2:28-34
  11. ^ De 24:7
  12. ^ Le 20:9; Pr 20:20; Mt 15:4; Mr 7:10
  13. ^ Le 25:44-46
  14. ^ Ex 21:30; De 22:18, 19
  15. ^ Le 24:19; De 19:21
  16. ^ Le 24:20; De 19:21; Mt 5:38
  17. ^ Ge 9:5; Ex 21:32
  18. ^ Zc 11:12; Mt 26:15; 27:3, 9

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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