Exodus 21:18

New International Reader's Version

“Suppose two people get into a fight and argue with each other. One hits the other with a stone or his fist. And the person who was hit does not die but has to stay in bed.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:6

I had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in a field. No one was there to separate them. One of my sons struck down the other one and killed him.

Exodus 2:13

The next day Moses went out again. He saw two Hebrew men fighting. He asked the one who had started the fight a question. He said, “Why are you hitting another Hebrew man?”

Exodus 21:17

“Anyone who asks for something bad to happen to their father or mother must be put to death.

Exodus 21:19

And later that person gets up and walks around outside with a walking stick. Then the person who hit the other person will not be held responsible. But that person must pay the one who was hurt for the time spent in bed. The one who hit the other person must be sure that person is completely healed.

Exodus 21:20

“Suppose a person beats their male or female slave to death with a club. That person must be punished.

Exodus 21:22

“Suppose some people are fighting and one of them hits a pregnant woman. And suppose she has her baby early but is not badly hurt. Then the one who hurt her must pay a fine. That person must pay what the woman’s husband asks for and the court allows.

Deuteronomy 25:11

Suppose two men are fighting. And the wife of one of them comes to save her husband from his attacker. So she reaches out and grabs hold of his attacker’s private parts.