Exodus 21:32

³² If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels [1] of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.

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Other Translations of Exodus 21:32

King James Version

³² If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

English Standard Version

³² If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekelsA shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

The Message

³² If it is a slave or a handmaid the ox gores, thirty shekels of silver is to be paid to the owner and the ox stoned.

New King James Version

³² If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

New Living Translation

³² But if the ox gores a slave, either male or female, the animal's owner must pay the slave's owner thirty silver coins, and the ox must be stoned.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 21:32

Commentary on Exodus 21:22-36

(Read Exodus 21:22-36)

The cases here mentioned give rules of justice then, and still in use, for deciding similar matters. We are taught by these laws, that we must be very careful to do no wrong, either directly or indirectly. If we have done wrong, we must be very willing to make it good, and be desirous that nobody may lose by us.