If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. The protection of the pregnant woman and her unborn child is built into the legal code. The premature birth caused by a blow has legal consequences — a fine set by the husband and approved by the court. The involvement of both parties and the court in setting the penalty reflects the balanced approach to injury law throughout this section. Psalm 139:13–14 says you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb — the worth the law places on the pregnant woman and her unborn child reflects the worth God places on every person from the earliest stage of life.

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