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"If there is a fight and someone hits someone else with a stone or with his fist, but does not kill him, he is not to be punished. If the one who was hit has to stay in bed, but later is able to get up and walk outside with the help of a cane, the one who hit him is to pay for his lost time and take care of him until he gets well.
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"If a slave owner takes a stick and beats his slave, whether male or female, and the slave dies on the spot, the owner is to be punished.
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But if the slave does not die for a day or two, the master is not to be punished. The loss of his property is punishment enough.
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"If some men are fighting and hurt a pregnant woman so that she loses her child, but she is not injured in any other way, the one who hurt her is to be fined whatever amount the woman's husband demands, subject to the approval of the judges.
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But if the woman herself is injured, the punishment shall be life for life,
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eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
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burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
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"If someone hits his male or female slave in the eye and puts it out, he is to free the slave as payment for the eye.
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If he knocks out a tooth, he is to free the slave as payment for the tooth.
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"If a bull gores someone to death, it is to be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but its owner is not to be punished.
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But if the bull had been in the habit of attacking people and its owner had been warned, but did not keep it penned up - then if it gores someone to death, it is to be stoned, and its owner is to be put to death also.
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However, if the owner is allowed to pay a fine to save his life, he must pay the full amount required.
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If the bull kills a boy or a girl, the same rule applies.
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If the bull kills a male or female slave, its owner shall pay the owner of the slave thirty pieces of silver, and the bull shall be stoned to death.
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"If someone takes the cover off a pit or if he digs one and does not cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
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he must pay for the animal. He is to pay the money to the owner and may keep the dead animal.