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Exodus 21:12-14, 20, 22, 28

Exodus 21:12-14 NIV

“Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.

Exodus 21:20 NIV

“Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result

Exodus 21:22 NIV

“If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows.

Exodus 21:28 NIV

“If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible.