"If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him." — Exodus 21:30

Exodus 21:30 · KJV

“If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.”

— Exodus 21:30

But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

Verse 31

Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

Exodus 21 — Context

If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox {shall be} quit.

If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

Cross References

Exodus 21:22

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart {from her}, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges {determine}.

Numbers 35:31-33

Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which {is} guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. {guilty...: Heb. faulty to die}

Exodus 30:12

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when {thou} numberest them. {their number: Heb. them that are to be numbered}

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a man's life {are} his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.