16 “Anyone who steals a person and sells him, or is found with him under his hand, must surely be put to death.
17 “Whoever curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
18 “If people quarrel, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and the other does not die but lies in bed,
19 if he rises again and walks around on his staff, then the one that struck him he will be cleared. But he must pay for the loss of his time and help him to be thoroughly healed.
20 “If a man strikes his male or female servant with a staff, who dies by his hand, he must surely be punished.
21 Notwithstanding, if the servant gets up in a day or two he will not be punished, for he is his property.
22 “If men fight, and hit a pregnant woman so that her child is born early, yet no harm follows, the one who hit her is to be strictly fined, according to what the woman’s husband demands of him. He must pay as the judges determine.