Exodus 21:32 meaning and explanation

If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.

Exodus 21:32, Berean Standard Bible

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This case law, given through Moses to Israel at Sinai, extends the ox-goring rules of verses 28 to 30 to a servant. When an ox kills a free person, the animal is stoned and a negligent owner may die.

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