GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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11 If he doesn't give her these three things, she can go free, without paying any money for her freedom.
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If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.
12 "Whoever strikes someone and kills him must be put to death.
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“Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.
13 If it wasn't done intentionally, but God let it happen, the killer should flee to a place I will set aside for you.
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However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate.
14 But whenever someone becomes so angry that he plans to kill his neighbor, you must take him away from my altar and put him to death.
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But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.
15 "Whoever hits his father or mother must be put to death.
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“Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death.
16 "Whoever kidnaps another person must be put to death, whether he has sold the kidnapped person or still has him.
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“Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.
17 "Whoever curses his father or mother must be put to death.
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“Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.
18 "This is what you must do whenever men quarrel and one hits the other with a rock or with his fist and injures him so that he has to stay in bed.
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“If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist and the victim does not die but is confined to bed,
19 If the injured man can get up again and walk around outside with a cane, the one who hit him must not be punished. He must pay the injured man for the loss of his time and for all his medical expenses.
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the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.
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.
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“Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result,
21 But if the slave gets up in a day or two, the owner must not be punished. The slave is his property.
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but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.
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