Laws Concerning Animal Liability and Property

28

If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

29

But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

30

If payment is demanded of him instead, he may redeem his life by paying the full amount demanded of him.

31

If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.

32

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.

33

If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

34

the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.

35

If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.

36

But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.

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