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Book of Exodus, Chapter 21

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Chapter 21 of Exodus—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ “And these are the judicial decisions[a] that you are to set before them:1
  2. ¶ “In case you should buy a Hebrew slave,2 he will be a slave six years, but in the seventh he will go out as one set free without charge.3
  3. If he should come in by himself, by himself he will go out. If he is the owner of a wife, then his wife must go out with him.
  4. If his master should give him a wife and she does bear him sons or daughters, the wife and her children will become her master’s[b]4 and he will go out by himself.5
  5. But if the slave should insistently say, ‘I really love my master,[c] my wife and my sons; I do not want to go out as one set free,’6
  6. then his master must bring him near to the [true] God and must bring him up against the door or the doorpost; and his master must pierce his ear through with an awl, and he must be his slave to time indefinite.7
  7. ¶ “And in case a man should sell his daughter as a slave girl,8 she will not go out in the way that the slave men go out.
  8. If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master so that he does not designate her as a concubine9 but causes her to be redeemed, he will not be entitled to sell her to a foreign people in his treacherously dealing with her.
  9. And if it should be to his son that he designates her, he is to do to her according to the due right of daughters.10
  10. If he should take another wife for himself, her sustenance, her clothing11 and her marriage due12 are not to be diminished.
  11. If he will not render these three things to her, then she must go out for nothing, without money.
  12. ¶ “One who strikes a man so that he actually dies is to be put to death without fail.13
  13. But where one does not lie in wait and the [true] God lets it occur at his hand,[d]14 then I must fix for you a place where he can flee.15
  14. And in case a man becomes heated against his fellow to the point of killing him with craftiness,16 you are to take him even from being at my altar to die.17
  15. And one who strikes his father and his mother is to be put to death without fail.18
  16. ¶ “And one who kidnaps a man19 and who actually sells him20 or in whose hand he has been found is to be put to death without fail.21
  17. ¶ “And one who calls down evil upon his father and his mother is to be put to death without fail.22
  18. ¶ “And in case men should get into a quarrel and one does strike his fellow with a stone or a hoe[e] and he does not die but must keep to his bed;
  19. if he gets up and does walk about out of doors upon some support of his, then the one who struck him must be free from punishment; he will make compensation only for the time lost from that one’s work until he gets him completely healed.
  20. ¶ “And in case a man strikes23 his slave man or his slave girl with a stick and that one actually dies under his hand, that one is to be avenged without fail.24
  21. However, if he lingers[f] for a day or two days, he is not to be avenged, because he is his money.[g]
  22. ¶ “And in case men should struggle with each other and they really hurt a pregnant woman and her children25 do come out[h] but no fatal accident occurs, he is to have damages imposed upon him without fail according to what the owner of the woman may lay upon him; and he must give it through the justices.26
  23. But if a fatal accident should occur, then you must give soul[i] for soul,27
  24. eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,28
  25. branding for branding, wound for wound, blow for blow.29
  26. ¶ “And in case a man should strike the eye of his slave man or the eye of his slave girl and he really ruins it, he is to send him away as one set free in compensation for his eye.30
  27. And if it should be the tooth of his slave man or the tooth of his slave girl that he knocks out, he is to send him away as one set free in compensation for his tooth.
  28. ¶ “And in case a bull should gore a man or a woman and that one actually dies, the bull is to be stoned31 without fail, but its flesh is not to be eaten; and the owner of the bull is free from punishment.
  29. But if a bull was formerly in the habit of goring and warning was served on its owner but he would not keep it under guard, and it did put a man or a woman to death, the bull is to be stoned and also its owner is to be put to death.
  30. If a ransom[j] should be imposed upon him, then he must give the redemption price for his soul according to all that may be imposed upon him.32
  31. Whether it gored a son or gored a daughter, it is to be done to him according to this judicial decision.33
  32. If it was a slave man or a slave girl that the bull gored, he will give the price of thirty shekels34 to that one’s master, and the bull will be stoned.
  33. ¶ “And in case a man should open a pit, or in case a man should excavate a pit and should not cover it, and a bull or an ass does fall into it,35
  34. the owner of the pit is to make compensation.36 The price he is to return to its owner, and the dead animal will become his own.
  35. And in case a man’s bull should hurt another’s bull and it does die, then they must sell the live bull and divide the price paid for it; and also the dead one they should divide.37
  36. Or if it was known that a bull was in the habit of goring formerly but its owner would not keep it under guard,38 he should without fail make compensation39 with bull for bull, and the dead one will become his own.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “the prescriptions; the orders.”
  2. ^ Lit., “to her masters.” Heb., laʼ·dho·neyʹha, pl. to denote excellence; God’s law designating the employer.
  3. ^ “My master.” Heb., ʼadho·niʹ, sing.; the servant designating his employer.
  4. ^ Or, “the [true] God makes it occur at his hand.” LXXVg, “God delivered him into his hand(s).”
  5. ^ “Fist,” LXXVg.
  6. ^ Lit., “keeps standing.” Compare 9:16 ftn, “Existence.”
  7. ^ Or, “someone bought with his money.”
  8. ^ “Come out,” that is, prematurely.
  9. ^ Or, “life.” Heb., neʹphesh; Gr., psy·khenʹ; Lat., aʹni·mam.
  10. ^ Or, “reparation.” Lit., “covering.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ex 24:3; De 4:14; Re 15:4
  2. ^ Le 25:39; 2Ki 4:1; Mt 18:25
  3. ^ De 15:12; Je 34:14
  4. ^ Le 25:44, 46
  5. ^ De 15:12
  6. ^ De 15:16
  7. ^ De 15:17
  8. ^ Ne 5:5
  9. ^ Ge 16:5; Ga 4:22
  10. ^ Nu 30:16
  11. ^ Eph 5:29; 1Ti 5:8
  12. ^ De 25:5; 1Co 7:3
  13. ^ Ge 9:6; Nu 35:30; Mt 5:21
  14. ^ Nu 35:22; De 19:4; Ec 9:11
  15. ^ Nu 35:11; De 4:42; 19:3; Jos 20:7
  16. ^ Nu 15:30; De 19:11; 2Sa 3:27; 1Jo 3:15
  17. ^ 1Ki 1:50; 2:29; 2Ki 11:15
  18. ^ Ex 20:12; 1Ti 1:9
  19. ^ Ge 40:15; 1Ti 1:10
  20. ^ Ge 37:28
  21. ^ De 24:7
  22. ^ Le 20:9; Pr 20:20; 30:11, 17; Mt 15:4
  23. ^ Pr 10:13
  24. ^ Ge 9:5; Le 24:17
  25. ^ Ps 139:16; Je 1:5
  26. ^ Ex 18:26; De 16:18; 17:8; 22:18; 2Ch 19:10
  27. ^ Ge 9:6; Le 24:17; Nu 35:31; Re 21:8
  28. ^ Le 24:20; Jg 1:7; Mt 5:38
  29. ^ 1Sa 15:33; Mt 7:2
  30. ^ Eph 6:9; Col 4:1
  31. ^ Ge 9:5; Nu 35:33
  32. ^ De 17:8
  33. ^ De 1:17
  34. ^ Zc 11:12; Mt 27:9
  35. ^ Mt 12:11; 1Co 10:24
  36. ^ Ex 22:6, 14; De 22:8
  37. ^ Le 25:17; Mt 7:12
  38. ^ Pr 22:3
  39. ^ Le 24:21

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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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