22. When people who are fighting injure a pregnant woman so that she has a miscarriage but no other injury occurs, then the guilty party will be fined what the woman’s husband demands, as negotiated with the judges.
23. If there is further injury, then you will give a life for a life,
24. an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,
25. a burn for a burn, a bruise for a bruise, a wound for a wound.
26. When a slave owner hits and blinds the eye of a male or female slave, he should let the slave go free on account of the eye.
27. If he knocks out a tooth of a male or female slave, he should let the slave go free on account of the tooth.
28. When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox should be stoned to death, and the meat of the ox shouldn’t be eaten. But the owner of the ox shouldn’t be punished.
29. However, if the ox had gored people in the past and its owner had been warned but didn’t watch out for it, and the ox ends up killing a man or a woman, then the ox should be stoned to death, and its owner should also be put to death.
30. If the owner has to pay compensation instead, he must pay the agreed amount to save his life.
31. If the ox gores a boy or a girl, this same case law applies to the owner.
32. If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner will pay thirty silver shekels to the slave’s owner, and the ox will be stoned to death.
33. When someone leaves a pit open or digs a pit and doesn’t cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into the pit,
34. the owner of the pit must make good on the loss. He should pay money to the ox’s owner, but he may keep the dead animal.
35. When someone’s ox hurts someone else’s ox and it dies, then they should sell the live ox and divide its price. They should also divide the dead animal between them.
36. But if the ox was known for goring in the past and its owner hadn’t watched out for it, the owner must make good the loss, an ox for an ox, but may keep the dead animal.