Exodus Chapter 21 Verses 28-36

: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. 29 But 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. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.  

32 If 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. 33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.  

35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.” 

“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.”  In this case the death is solely the ox’s fault and not any fault of the owner.  The penalty is that the ox is stoned to death and the flesh of he ox is not eaten.  

“But 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. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.”  In this case, the owner knew of the ox’s tendencies and did nothing about it, therefore, the owner bears responsibility in the death of person killed.  The death sentence thus applies to both the ox and the owner of the ox.  However, the owner of the ox does have the option of paying a ransom for his life whatsoever sum is laid upon him.   

“Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.”  The same sentence as above is applied if the ox has gored a son or a daughter. 

“If 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.”  Thirty pieces of silver is the redemption price of the manservant or the maidservant.  Please note that we were the servants of sin and Christ was sold on our behalf for thirty pieces of silver.   

“And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.”  The owner of the pit is responsible for the death of the ox or the ass and he is to pay money to the owner of the ox or the ass as it is valued alive.  Then the carcass of the ox or the ass becomes the property of the owner of the pit.   

“And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.”  This situation presumes that there is no prior knowledge of the ox pushing beforehand.  In this case both the live ox and the dead ox are equally divided among the ox owners. 

“Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.”  In this circumstance the owner of the live ox shall pay the owner of the dead ox the value of the dead ox before it died and then the dead ox shall become his.  Again in all the above we note the principle of equity in judgment.