Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Exodus 21:28-36 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

28. A bull that kills someone with its horns must be killed and its meat destroyed, but the owner of the bull isn't responsible for the death.

29. Suppose you own a bull that has been in the habit of attacking people, but you have refused to keep it fenced in. If that bull kills someone, both you and the bull must be put to death by stoning.

30. However, you may save your own life by paying whatever fine is demanded.

31. This same law applies if the bull gores someone's son or daughter.

32. If the bull kills a slave, you must pay the slave owner thirty pieces of silver for the loss of the slave, and the bull must be killed by stoning.

33. Suppose someone's ox or donkey is killed by falling into an open pit that you dug or left uncovered on your property.

34. You must pay for the dead animal, and it becomes yours.

35. If your bull kills someone else's, yours must be sold. Then the money from your bull and the meat from the dead bull must be divided equally between you and the other owner.

36. If you refuse to fence in a bull that is known to attack others, you must pay for any animal it kills, but the dead animal will belong to you.