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But if there is further injury, then the punishment that must be paid is life for life,

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

burn for burn, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

"If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye, and the eye is blinded, the man is to free the slave to pay for the eye.

If a master knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, the man is to free the slave to pay for the tooth.

If the bull kills a male or female slave, the owner must pay the master the price for a new slave, or twelve ounces of silver, and the bull must also be stoned to death.

the owner of the pit must pay the owner of the animal for the loss. The dead animal will belong to the one who pays.

But if a person's bull has hurt other animals in the past and the owner did not keep it in a pen, that owner must pay bull for bull, and the dead animal is his.

"If a man steals a bull or a sheep and kills or sells it, he must pay back five bulls for the one bull he stole and four sheep for the one sheep he stole.

"The robber who is caught must pay back what he stole. If he owns nothing, he must be sold as a slave to pay for what he stole. If the stolen animal is found alive with the robber, he must give the owner two animals for every animal he stole, whether it was a bull, donkey, or sheep. "If a thief is killed while breaking into a house at night, the one who killed him is not guilty of murder. But if this happens during the day, he is guilty of murder.

"Suppose a man starts a fire that spreads through the thornbushes to his neighbor's field. If the fire burns his neighbor's growing grain or grain that has been stacked, or if it burns his whole field, the person who started the fire must pay for what was burned.

"Suppose a man gives his neighbor money or other things to keep for him and those things are stolen from the neighbor's house. If the thief is caught, he must pay back twice as much as he stole.

"Suppose a man asks his neighbor to keep his donkey, ox, sheep, or some other animal for him, and that animal dies, gets hurt, or is taken away, without anyone seeing what happened.

That neighbor must promise before the Lord that he did not harm or kill the other man's animal, and the owner of the animal must accept his promise made before God. The neighbor does not have to pay the owner for the animal.

But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, he must pay the owner for it.

If wild animals killed it, the neighbor must bring the body as proof, and he will not have to pay for the animal that was killed.

"If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it gets hurt or dies while the owner is not there, the one who borrowed it must pay the owner for the animal.

But if her father refuses to allow his daughter to marry him, the man must still give the usual payment for a bride who has never had sexual relations.

If you do, and they cry out to me for help, I certainly will hear their cry.

"If you lend money to one of my people who is poor, do not treat him as a moneylender would. Charge him nothing for using your money.