EXODUS 21:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
The one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is fully healed. The standard for liability in non-fatal injury cases is threefold: recovery (can walk), compensation for lost time, and full healing. The guilty party's responsibility extends beyond the initial harm to the complete restoration of the victim. The phrase fully healed — the same root as the divine name in Exodus 15:26, the Lord who heals — suggests that the covenant standard for injury compensation is complete healing, not merely adequate treatment. The law envisions a community where harm done is fully addressed, not minimally compensated.
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