³⁰ However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded.^{(A) 31} This law also applies if the bull gores a son or daughter. ³² If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels^[a](B) of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.

³³ “If anyone uncovers a pit^(C) or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, ³⁴ the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.

³⁵ “If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally. ³⁶ However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet the owner did not keep it penned up,^(D) the owner must pay, animal for animal, and take the dead animal in exchange.

¹⁸ Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution^(A)—life for life.