With a rod The usual instrument of correction, whereby is implied, that if he killed the person with a sword or any such weapon he was to be put to death; and he die under his hand While the master is correcting him; he shall be punished As the magistrate or judge shall think fit, according to the circumstances.
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Exodus 21:20
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.e