Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Exodus 21:9-15 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

9. If he selects her as a wife for his son, he must treat her as his own daughter.

10. If the man later marries another woman, he must continue to provide food and clothing for the one he bought and to treat her as a wife.

11. If he fails to do any of these things, she must be given her freedom without cost.

12. Death is the punishment for murder.

13. But if you did not intend to kill someone, and I, the Lord, let it happen anyway, you may run for safety to a place that I have set aside.

14. If you plan in advance to murder someone, there's no escape, not even by holding on to my altar. You will be dragged off and killed.

15. Death is the punishment for attacking your father or mother.