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משפטים · Mishpatim · Exodus 21:20-22:3

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Exodus 21:20

And if a man smite his bondman, or his bondwoman, with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

What's bothering Rashi?

One who strikes a person and kills him is already covered by an earlier general law, so why single out the case of a servant here?

Look closely. What seems repeated, missing, out of order, or strange?