Exodus 21:9
Context21:9 If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights 1 of daughters.
Exodus 21:23
Context21:23 But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,
Exodus 22:12
Context22:12 But if it was stolen 2 from him, 3 he will pay its owner.


[21:9] 1 tn Or “after the manner of” (KJV, ASV); NRSV “shall deal with her as with a daughter.”
[22:12] 2 tn Both with this verb “stolen” and in the next clauses with “torn in pieces,” the text uses the infinitive absolute construction with less than normal emphasis; as Gesenius says, in conditional clauses, an infinitive absolute stresses the importance of the condition on which some consequence depends (GKC 342-43 §113.o).
[22:12] 3 sn The point is that the man should have taken better care of the animal.