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Exd 21:19 — If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

upon his staff	2Sa 3:29; Zec 8:4
only he shall pay	This was a wise and excellent institution. The same provision is made in the civil law; and most courts of justice still regulate their decisions in such cases by this Mosaic precept.
the loss	Heb. his ceasing.