Exodus 21:20
“Because the written law was a law of rigor, it not only approves the threefold obedience, but also punishes its transgressors. It punishes the rebellious servant, Exodus 21: He who strikes his servant or handmaid with a rod, if he survive for a day or two, he shall not be subject to penalty, because he is his property.”
Source: Septuagint
20And if a man smite his manservant or his maidservant, with a rod, and the party die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.
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18And if two men revile each other and smite the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;
19if the man arise and walk abroad on his staff, he that smote him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing.
— Exodus 21:20 —
21But if the servant continue to live a day or two, let not the master be punished; for he is his money.
22And if two men strive and smite a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman’s husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.