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Exodus 21:30-32
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30 If a ransom is set for him,[a] then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him. 31 If the ox[b] gores a son or a daughter, the owner[c] will be dealt with according to this rule.[d] 32 If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner[e] must pay thirty shekels of silver,[f] and the ox must be stoned.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:30 sn The family of the victim would set the amount for the ransom of the man guilty of criminal neglect. This practice was common in the ancient world, rare in Israel. If the family allowed the substitute price, then the man would be able to redeem his life.
  2. Exodus 21:31 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the ox) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Exodus 21:31 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the owner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. Exodus 21:31 tn Heb “according to this judgment it shall be done to him.”
  5. Exodus 21:32 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the owner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. Exodus 21:32 sn A shekel was a unit for measure by means of a scale. Both the weight and the value of a shekel of silver are hard to determine. “Though there is no certainty, the shekel is said to weigh about 11,5 grams” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 3:181). Over 400 years earlier, Joseph was sold into Egypt for 20 shekels. The free Israelite citizen was worth about 50 shekels (Lev 27:3f.).
  7. Exodus 21:32 sn See further B. S. Jackson, “The Goring Ox Again [Ex. 21, 28-36],” JJP 18 (1974): 55-94.
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