Scripture · Old Testament
Exodus 21:27
Exodus 21:27 is verse 27 of Exodus chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
King James Version
And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
World English Bible
If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.
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Exodus 21:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible
25 burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
26 If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
27 And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
28 If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
29 But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
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