Exodus 21:26 says, And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.  If a man blinded his servant, whether male or female, by hitting him or her, he was to free the servant.  We would think that just beating a servant would be reason enough to free them, but I believe that a servant in this case would more accurately be a slave.  Verse twenty-seven states, And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.  The same thing applied to knocking out a tooth, which doesn't seem as severe as the loss of sight, so the law may have been designed to keep masters from severely beating their servants.  Though we today do not own slaves, if we harm those that work for us, we should be responsible for helping them financially.  Verse twenty-eight says, 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.  An ox that killed someone was to be killed and not eaten, but the owner was to otherwise not be held accountable.  It would only cost him the ox.  We cannot always control animals that we own, but if they harm others, especially if they kill them, then we should ensure that it never happens again.  Verse twenty-nine states, 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.  There was an addition to the law.  If the ox had been know to push with his horn in the past, or to be dangerous in other words, and the owner did not keep it away from people and it killed someone, then the ox and the owner were to both be stoned to death.  Though we might not be able to prevent a one time accidental death, if we know an animal has a history of violence against people and we do not keep it away from them, then if it severely harms or kills someone, we are more responsible than we would be in a one time event.  Verse thirty states, 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.  There was evidently a way for the owner to avoid being stoned to death, and that was to pay a specified ransom for his life.  We cannot ransom our life today from the penalty of death due to our sins, but Christ has redeemed us if we accept His redemption.  Verse thirty-one adds, Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.  This would apply to his own family as well.  Just as we are responsible for keeping those who work for us safe to the best of our ability, we are even more responsible for keeping our family safe.  Verse thirty-two proclaims, 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.  There was even a penalty for an ox, or any other animal the man owned, simply harming a person without killing them.  Verse thirty-three  declares, 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;  Then verse thirty-four adds, The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.  A man was responsible for insuring that things that he did would not lead to the harm of someone else's property.  If a man dug a hole and left it uncovered and someone else's animal was harmed, then the man who dug the hole was responsible for the damages.  Verse thirty-five states, 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.  If one man's ox killed another man's ox, then the live one was to be sold and the money divided, as well as the meat from the dead one.  Both would share in the loss of the ox.  Verse thirty-six adds, 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 the owner knew that his ox had harmed others in the past, he was to pay the full price of the ox to the other owner.  Though he was not responsible for a one time thing, he was if this was something that happened often.  The owner was responsible for the actions of the ox in both cases, but when he knew that the ox was dangerous and he allowed it to harm another, he was held even more accountable.  Though sin has a death penalty, I believe that when we deliberately sin that we will have more to answer for.  This does not mean that one sin is worse than another in a spiritual sense because of the sin itself, but that when we deliberately sin, then we bear more responsibility before God.  We are still forgiven and redeemed, but we are told that we will one day have to answer to God about our sins.  We certainly should never lead others to sin by our actions.