Exodus 21:26

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Summary

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

General references

Bible References

General references

“If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.

You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

“If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,

For He who requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The

unfortunate commits himself to You;

You have been the helper of the orphan.

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor,

Or crush the afflicted at the gate;

And masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.

Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven.