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Exodus 21:31

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Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
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Exodus 21:31

COMBINED MEANING

gored

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gore, meaning to strike or wound with a horn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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judgment

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The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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21:28¶ 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.

21:29But 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.

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

21:31Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

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21:32If 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.

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