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Damages and Compensation: General Scriptures Concerning Exodus 21:18, 19, 22, 28–34

If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed, / then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed. / If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

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Damages and Compensation: General Scriptures Concerning Leviticus 6:1–5

And the LORD said to Moses, / “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor / or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

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Damages and Compensation: General Scriptures Concerning Deuteronomy 22:13–19, 28, 29

Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her, / and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.” / Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate

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