Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

Exodus 21:11-17 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

11. The man must do these three things for her. If he does not, the woman is made free, and it will cost her nothing. She owes no money to the man.

12. “Whoever hits and kills someone must be killed too.

13. But if an accident happens, and a person kills someone without planning it, then God allowed that thing to happen. I will choose some special places where people can run to for safety. So that person can run to one of those places.

14. But whoever plans to kill someone out of anger or hatred must be punished. Take them away from my altar and kill them.

15. “Whoever hits their father or their mother must be killed.

16. “Whoever steals someone to sell them as a slave or to keep them for their own slave must be killed.

17. “Whoever curses their father or mother must be killed.