20 “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result,

20 “When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged.

20 “If a man beats his male or female slave with a club and the slave dies as a result, the owner must be punished.

20 “And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

20 “If a man beats his male or female slave with a stick, and the slave dies on the spot, the owner must be punished.

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

20 And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.

20 “Whenever an owner hits his male or female slave with a stick so that the slave dies from the beating, the owner must be punished.

20 “When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse, the owner must be punished.

20 When a slaveowner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner shall be punished.

20 And if a man strikes his male slave or his female slave with the rod and he dies under his hand, he will surely be avenged.

20 “Suppose a man beats his male or female slave to death with a club. Then he must be punished.

20 “If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.