Exodus 21:20

“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she ¹  dies as a result of the blow, ²  he will surely be punished. ³ 

"If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished,

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

"If a male or female slave is beaten and dies, the owner must be punished.

"If a slave owner hits a slave, male or female, with a stick and the slave dies on the spot, the slave must be avenged.

If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.

When a slaveowner strikes a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner shall be punished.

"And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she ¹  dies as a result of the blow, ²  he will surely be punished. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “so that he”; the words “or she” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “under his hand.”

³ tn Heb “will be avenged” (how is not specified).