Exodus 21-22

Chapter 21: Law of Moses

The Lord reveals his laws for, as part of the Law of Moses:

Servants:

• If you buy a Hebrew servant, he will work for 6 years and on the 7th year he shall go free.
• If he came by himself or with a wife, both shall go free.
• If the master gave the servant a wife, then the servant shall go free. But the wife and any children born belong to the master.
• If a servant is given a wife by the master and chooses to be with the wife, then he becomes property of the master for life.
• If a servant is assaulted and has his eye damaged then he can be set free.

Plural Marriage:

• If a daughter is sold as a maidservant she shall not go out and be free as the servant.
• If a man take another wife, then his duty to both wives (to feed, clothe, shelter, etc) remains.

Death Penalty:

• If a man kills, then he shall be killed.
• If a man steals (kidnaps) or enslaves man, he shall be put to death.
• If a man causes the “fruit to depart from her” killing a baby in a pregnant woman, then the husband can do with the man as he pleases, and the judges will decide how much he pays.

Eye for an Eye:

• Life for Life
• Eye for Eye
• Tooth for Tooth
• Hand for Hand
• Foot for Foot
• Wound for Wound
• Stripe for Stripe

Chapter 22: Law of Moses

• If a man steal an ox or a sheep and kill or sell it. He shall restore 5 oxen for an ox and 4 sheep for a sheep.
• If a thief is breaking in and is killed, the one who killed him will not be killed.
• If a thief is unable to make restitution he will be sold.
• If a thief is caught with an ox or sheep alive, he will restore to the owner double.
• If a man eats from  a field that is not his, he shall make restitution.
• If a man causes a fire that burnt down a field he shall make restitution.
• Anything stolen, once caught the thief must pay the owner double.
• A witch shall not live, but shall be killed.
• Anyone who lies with an animal shall be killed.
• Anyone who sacrifices unto another God, other than the Lord shall be destroyed.
• Thou shalt not oppress a stranger.
• Thou shalt not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
  • Anyone who afflicts a widow or a fatherless child and that widow or child cries unto the Lord. The Lord will visit the person who afflicted and make widows and make them fatherless.
  • If you lend money, you cannot be a usurer.