Chūāijíjì 21:30

30 Ruò fá tā shú méng de jià yín , tā bì zhào suǒ fá de shú tāde méng .

Chūāijíjì 21:30 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 21:30

If there be laid on him a sum of money
By the decree of the judges, as Aben Ezra, or which the sanhedrim of Israel have laid upon him; if his sentence of death is commuted for a fine, with the consent of the relations of the deceased, who in such a case are willing to show mercy, and take a fine instead of the person's death; supposing it was through carelessness and negligence, and not with any ill design that he did not keep up his ox from doing damage, after he had notice:

then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatever, is laid upon
him;
whatever mulct or fine he is amerced with by the court, instead of the sentence of death first pronounced. Of this ransom Maimonides ^F17 thus writes:

``the ransom is according as the judges consider what is the price (or value) of him that is slain; (i.e. according to his rank, whether a noble or common man, a free man or a servant) all is according to the estimation of him that is slain.--To whom do they give the ransom? to the heirs of the slain; and if a woman is killed, the ransom is given to the heirs of her father's (family), and not to her husband.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Hilchot Niske Mammon, c. 11. sect. 1, 2.

Chūāijíjì 21:30 In-Context

28 Niú ruò chù sǐ nánrén huò shì nǚrén , zǒng yào yòng shítou dǎ sǐ nà niú , què bùkĕ chī tā de ròu , niú de zhǔrén kè suàn wú zuì .

29 Tǎngruò nà niú sùlái shì chù rén de , yǒu rén bàogào le niú zhǔ , tā jìng bù bǎ niú shuān zhe , yǐzhì bǎ nánrén huò shì nǚrén chù sǐ , jiù yào yòng shítou dǎ sǐ nà niú , niú zhǔ yĕ bì zhìsǐ .

30 Ruò fá tā shú méng de jià yín , tā bì zhào suǒ fá de shú tāde méng .

31 Niú wúlùn chù le rén de érzi huò shì nǚér , bì zhào zhè lì bànlǐ .

32 Niú ruò chù le núpú huò shì bìnǚ , bì jiàng yínzi sān shí Shĕkèlè gĕi tāmende zhǔrén , yĕ yào yòng shítou bǎ niú dǎ sǐ .