5. And if the eved shall plainly say, I love adoni, my isha, and my banim; I will not go out lachafeshi (to the freedom);
6. Then his adon shall bring him unto HaElohim; he shall also bring him to the delet (door), or unto the mezuzah; and his adon shall pierce through his ozen (ear) with a piercing-tool; then he shall serve him l'olam.
7. And if an ish sell his bat to be an amah (maidservant), she shall not go out as the avadim [go free].
8. If she please not her adon, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed [i.e., let her freedom be purchased]; to sell her unto an am nochri (foreign people) he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
9. And if he have betrothed her unto his ben, he shall deal with her according to the mishpat habanot (rights of [free] daughters; i.e., those rights of verse 10).
10. If he take him another, her food, her covering of clothing, and her onah (conjugal rights) shall he not deprive.
11. And if he does not perform these three unto her, then shall she go out free without kesef.
12. He that strikes down an ish, so that the ish die, shall be surely put to death.
13. And if he lie not in ambush, but HaElohim deliver him into his yad, then I will appoint thee a makom (i.e., city of refuge) where he shall flee there.
14. But if an ish come premeditatedly upon his re'a, to murder him by guile; thou shalt take him from Mine Mizbe'ach for capital punishment.
15. And he that striketh down his av, or his em, shall be surely put to death.
16. And he that kidnaps an ish, and selleth him, or if he be found in his power, the kidnapper shall surely be put to death.
17. And he that curseth his av, or his em, shall surely be put to death.