Exodus 21:19

Overview - Exodus 21
Laws for men servants.
For the servant whose ear is bored.
For women servants.
12 For manslaughter.
16 For stealers of men.
17 For cursers of parents.
18 For smiters.
22 For a hurt by chance.
28 For an ox that gores.
33 For him that is an occasion of harm.
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Exodus 21:19  (King James Version)
If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
 


upon his staff
2 Samuel 3:29 ; Zechariah 8:4

only he shall pay
This was a wise and excellent institution. The same provision is made in the civil law; and most courts of justice still regulate their decisions in such cases by this Mosaic precept.

the loss
Hebrew his ceasing.