Exodus 21:26

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.
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English Standard Version

"When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye.

New International Version

"If a man hits a manservant or maidservant in the eye and destroys it, he must let the servant go free to compensate for the eye.

Catholic Public Domain Version

If anyone will have struck the eye of his male or female servant, having left them with one eye, he shall release them freely, because of the eye that he has put out