Exodus 21:20

English Standard Version 2016

“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged.

Cross References

Romans 13:4

for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.

Proverbs 29:19

By mere words a servant is not disciplined, for though he understands, he will not respond.

Deuteronomy 19:21

Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Numbers 35:19

The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.

Genesis 9:6

“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

Genesis 4:24

If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”

Genesis 4:15

Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.

Exodus 21:19

then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.

Exodus 21:21

But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money.