|
Offense |
Penalty |
|
a man strikes another man and kills him |
death penalty |
|
unintentionally killing another man |
flee to a city of refuge |
|
premeditated murder |
death penalty |
|
attacking one's father or mother |
death penalty |
|
kidnapping |
death penalty |
|
cursing one's father or mother |
death penalty |
|
hitting a man with a stone or fist
|
if the injured man gets up and walks around outside with his staff then the assailant just pay for the victim's loss of time
|
|
beating a male or female slave
with a rod and the slave dies |
unspecified punishment
|
|
beating a slave with a rod
|
no punishment as long as the slave gets up after a day or two
|
|
men who are fighting and
hit a pregnant woman
|
husband determines the fine if there is no serious injury otherwise, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, wound for wound
|
|
hitting a servant and destroying an
eye or knocking out a tooth
|
set the servant free to compensate for their loss
|
|
a bull gores a man, woman or child to death
|
stone the bull and don't eat the meat
|
|
a bull with a habit of goring and
whose owner has been warned
gores a man, woman or child to death
|
stone the bull and execute the owner too unless the victim's family allows him to redeem his life by paying them for their loss
|
|
a bull gores a slave to death
|
owner of the bull pays 30 shekels of silver to the master of the slave and the bull is stoned |
|
a man uncovers or digs a pit and doesn't cover it, a donkey or ox falls in the pit
and dies |
the owner of the pit pays the owner of the animal but keeps the dead animal for himself
|
|
a bull injures another bull and it dies
|
owner must sell the live bull and the two men divide the money and the dead bull equally |
|
a bull with a habit of goring kills
another bull |
owner of the live bull must replace the dead animal and may keep the dead one |
|
Offense |
Penalty |
|
a man steals an ox or a sheep and he slaughters it or sells it |
restitution: 5 cattle for the ox and 4 sheep for the sheep
|
|
a thief is killed while breaking into a house |
the defender is not guilty of bloodshed if he kills the thief at night but he is guilty of bloodshed if it happens after sunrise. |
|
a man who steals something |
must be sold into slavery if he is unable to pay restitution |
|
a man in possession of stolen livestock |
must pay back double
|
|
a man grazes his livestock in another man's field or vineyard
|
must make restitution from the best of his own produce
|
|
a man starts a fire and it spreads into another man's field burning up his grain |
must make restitution
|
|
a man gives his neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen
|
the thief must pay back double but if the thief is not found the man who held the goods must appear before the judges and they will decide whether he was the thief
|
|
a man gives an animal to his
neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or stolen |
must settle the issue by taking an oath before the Lord, no restitution is needed
|
|
a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies
while the owner is not present
|
borrower must make restitution but if the owner was present the borrower does not have to pay. If the animal was hired then that money covers the loss.
|
|
a man seduces a virgin and sleeps
with her
|
he must pay the bride-price and marry her unless her father refuses, then he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.
|
|
a woman who practices sorcery |
death penalty |
|
sexual relations with an animal |
death penalty |
|
offering sacrifices to another god |
death penalty |
|
taking advantage of a widow or orphan |
the Lord will kill the offender with the sword |
