Exodus · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Exodus 21 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Estas son las leyes que pondrás delante de ellos.
1 “Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them:
2 Si compras un siervo hebreo, servirá durante seis años. En el séptimo año quedará libre sin pagar nada.
2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
3 Si llegó solo, se irá solo. Si estaba casado, su esposa se irá con él.
3 If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
4 Si su amo le dio una esposa y ella tuvo hijos o hijas, la esposa y los hijos pertenecerán al amo, y el siervo saldrá solo.
4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
5 Pero si el siervo dice claramente: “Amo a mi señor, a mi esposa y a mis hijos; no quiero quedar libre”,
5 But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’
6 entonces su amo lo llevará ante Dios. Lo acercará a la puerta o al marco de la puerta y le perforará la oreja con una herramienta puntiaguda. Así será su siervo para siempre.
6 then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
7 Si un hombre vende a su hija como sierva, ella no saldrá libre de la misma manera que los siervos varones.
7 “If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
8 Si no agrada a su amo, quien la había destinado para sí, él permitirá que sea rescatada. No tendrá derecho a venderla a extranjeros, porque no cumplió su compromiso con ella.
8 If she doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.
9 Si la destina para su hijo, deberá tratarla como a una hija.
9 If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.
10 Si toma otra esposa, no disminuirá el alimento, la ropa ni los derechos matrimoniales de la primera.
10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
11 Si no cumple con estas tres cosas, ella podrá salir libre sin pagar nada.
11 If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
12 El que golpee a una persona y la mate deberá morir.
12 “One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
13 Pero si no tuvo intención de matarla y Dios permitió que ocurriera, yo te señalaré un lugar al cual podrá huir.
13 but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
14 Pero si alguien ataca a propósito a su prójimo y lo mata con engaño, aun si busca refugio en mi altar, deberá morir.
14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
15 El que golpee a su padre o a su madre deberá morir.
15 “Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
16 El que secuestre a una persona para venderla, o sea encontrado todavía con ella en su poder, deberá morir.
16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17 El que maldiga a su padre o a su madre deberá morir.
17 “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
18 Si dos hombres pelean y uno golpea al otro con una piedra o con el puño, y el herido no muere pero tiene que guardar cama,
18 “If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed;
19 si después puede levantarse y caminar apoyado en un bastón, el que lo golpeó no será castigado por la herida. Sin embargo, tendrá que pagarle por el tiempo que perdió y cuidar de que se recupere por completo.
19 if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.
20 Si un hombre golpea con una vara a su siervo o a su sierva y este muere por los golpes, el amo deberá ser castigado.
20 “If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.
21 Pero si el siervo sobrevive uno o dos días, el amo no será castigado, porque el siervo es de su propiedad.
21 Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant is his property.
22 Si unos hombres están peleando y golpean a una mujer embarazada, haciendo que pierda a su hijo, pero ella no sufre otro daño, el culpable deberá pagar la cantidad que el esposo de la mujer exija y que los jueces aprueben.
22 “If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.
23 Pero si ella sufre un daño grave, la pena será vida por vida,
23 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
24 ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida y golpe por golpe.
25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
26 Si un hombre golpea a su siervo o a su sierva en un ojo y se lo destruye, deberá dejarlo libre como pago por el daño al ojo.
26 “If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
27 Si le hace perder un diente, también deberá dejarlo libre como pago por el diente.
27 If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.
28 Si un buey mata a un hombre o a una mujer con sus cuernos, el buey deberá morir apedreado y su carne no se comerá. El dueño del buey no será considerado culpable.
28 “If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.
29 Pero si el buey ya tenía la costumbre de atacar y su dueño había sido advertido, pero no lo mantuvo encerrado, y el animal mata a un hombre o a una mujer, el buey deberá morir apedreado y también su dueño deberá morir.
29 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and this has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.
30 Si se permite al dueño pagar un precio por su vida, deberá pagar la cantidad que se le exija.
30 If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed.
31 La misma regla se aplicará si el buey mata a un hijo o a una hija.
31 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
32 Si el buey mata a un siervo o a una sierva, el dueño del buey deberá pagar al amo del siervo treinta siclos de plata, y el buey morirá apedreado.
32 If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 Si alguien deja abierto un pozo, o cava uno y no lo cubre, y un buey o un asno cae dentro y muere,
33 “If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
34 el dueño del pozo deberá pagar al dueño del animal por la pérdida, y el animal muerto será suyo.
34 the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
35 Si el buey de un hombre mata al buey de otro, venderán el buey vivo y se repartirán el dinero. También se repartirán el valor del animal muerto.
35 “If one man’s bull injures another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.
36 Pero si se sabía que aquel buey acostumbraba atacar y su dueño no lo mantenía bajo control, el dueño deberá dar un buey vivo en lugar del muerto, y el animal muerto será suyo.
36 Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 4:14; Deuteronomy 6:20; Exodus 24:3–4; Psalm 147:19; Matthew 28:20
- 2 Deuteronomy 15:12–15; Exodus 12:44; Deuteronomy 15:18; Nehemiah 5:1–5; Deuteronomy 15:1
- 3 Deuteronomy 15:12–14
- 5 2 Corinthians 5:14–15; Deuteronomy 15:16–17; Isaiah 26:13
- 6 Deuteronomy 15:17; Leviticus 25:40; Deuteronomy 19:17–18; 1 Samuel 28:2; 1 Samuel 27:12
- 7 Nehemiah 5:5; Exodus 21:2–3
- 8 Judges 14:3; Judges 9:19; Malachi 2:11–15; Genesis 28:8; Deuteronomy 21:11–14
- 10 1 Corinthians 7:1–6
- 12 Genesis 9:6; Matthew 26:52; Leviticus 24:17; Numbers 35:30–31; Numbers 35:16–24
- 13 Joshua 20:2–9; 1 Samuel 24:18; Deuteronomy 19:1–13; Deuteronomy 4:41–43; 1 Samuel 24:10
- 14 1 Kings 2:28–34; Hebrews 10:26; Deuteronomy 1:43; 1 Kings 1:50–51; Numbers 15:30–31
- 15 Proverbs 30:11; Deuteronomy 21:18–21; 1 Timothy 1:9; Deuteronomy 27:24; Proverbs 30:17
- 16 Deuteronomy 24:7; 1 Timothy 1:10; Exodus 22:4; Genesis 37:28; Genesis 40:15
- 17 Proverbs 20:20; Mark 7:10–11; Matthew 15:3–6; Deuteronomy 27:16; Proverbs 30:11
- 18 Exodus 21:20; Exodus 2:13; Deuteronomy 25:11; 2 Samuel 14:6; Numbers 35:16–24
- 19 2 Samuel 3:29; Zechariah 8:4
- 20 Proverbs 29:19; Deuteronomy 19:21; Isaiah 58:3–4; Numbers 35:30–33; Romans 13:4
- 21 Leviticus 25:44–46
- 22 Deuteronomy 22:18–19; Exodus 21:30; Deuteronomy 16:18
- 23 Deuteronomy 19:21; Numbers 35:31; Leviticus 24:19
- 24 Deuteronomy 19:21; Matthew 7:2; Matthew 5:38–40; Leviticus 24:19–20; Revelation 16:6
- 26 Nehemiah 5:5; Job 31:13–15; Colossians 4:1; Psalm 72:12–14; Exodus 21:20
- 28 Exodus 21:32; Genesis 9:5–6; Leviticus 20:15–16
- 29 Deuteronomy 21:1–9
- 30 Exodus 21:22; Exodus 30:12; Numbers 35:31–33; Proverbs 13:8
- 32 Zechariah 11:12–13; Matthew 26:15; Matthew 27:3–9; Genesis 37:28; Philippians 2:7
- 33 Jeremiah 18:22; Proverbs 28:10; Psalm 9:15; Ecclesiastes 10:8; Jeremiah 18:20
- 34 Exodus 21:29–30; Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:14
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For, "honor," saith He, "thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest live long upon the earth." And again, "He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death." But He, omitting the first, the reward appointed for them that honor their parents, states that which is more awful, the punishment, I mean, threatened to such as dishonor them; …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… put no obstacle to godliness in our way, if we are ever carried away by ingratitude, and, forgetting their benefits to us, hold them in contempt, then the oracle will have place which says, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)