Exodus 21:29

KJV

But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

— Exodus 21:29, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Exodus Chapter 21 connects to 2 cross-references. The first body of case law (mishpatim) addresses the treatment of Hebrew slaves, capital crimes—murder, kidnapping, striking or cursing a parent—and bodily injuries, with the principle of an eye for an eye. Owners are liable for goring oxen and open …

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Other Translations

ASV

But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

YLT

and if the ox is <FI>one<Fi> accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.

BBE

But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.

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