Bible in Basic English
"If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;"
— Exodus 21:33, Bible in Basic English
“And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;”
“"If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,”
““If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,”
“If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it,”
If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.
If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.
If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.
If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;
The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.
But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.