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.
18. “Two men might argue and one might hit the other with a rock or with his fist. If the man who was hurt is not killed, the man who hurt him should not be killed.
19. If the man was hurt and must stay in bed for some time, the man who hurt him must support him. The man who hurt him must pay for the loss of his time. He must support him until he is completely healed.
20. “Sometimes people beat their slaves. If the slave dies after being beaten, the killer must be punished.
21. But if the slave gets up after a few days, then the master will not be punished. That is because someone paid their money for the slave, and the slave belongs to them.
22. “Two men might be fighting and hurt a pregnant woman. This might make the woman give birth to her baby before its time. If the woman was not hurt badly, the man who hurt her must pay a fine. The woman’s husband will decide how much the man must pay. The judges will help the man decide how much the fine will be.
23. But if the woman was hurt badly, then the man who hurt her must be punished. The punishment must fit the crime. You must trade one life for another life.
24. You must trade 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 cut for a cut.