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18 If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and the victim does not die but is confined to bed— 19 if the victim gets up and can walk around outside with his staff, then the one who struck him shall not be punished, but he must pay for the victim’s lost work time while he is recuperating, until he is completely healed.

20 If a man strikes his male or his female servant with a club,[a] and the servant dies at his hand, he must certainly be punished.

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  1. Exodus 21:20 Or staff