Exodus 21:20

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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