The Hammurabi Code specified the death of the son of the owner of the ox if the ox killed the son of another man ( Exodus 21:31). [1] The Torah required the owner"s life or a ransom ( Exodus 21:30). Note, too, that Exodus 21:31-32 value the lives of male and female slaves the same. The value of an adult slave under the Torah was30 shekels of silver (cf. Matthew 26:15). Under the Code of Hammurabi it was1/3of a mina of silver (about17 shekels). [2] The ox also died by stoning. In this way God taught His people that they should view even slaves as created in His image (cf. Genesis 9:5). The goring ox ( Exodus 21:28-32) is the typical example of death caused by cattle or domestic animals. [source][source][source]
"The fate of the ox gives clear evidence of the theological principle of the subordination of the animal world to human sovereignty. That the fatal goring of one ox by another required only compensation shows the relative insignificance of the animal-to-animal relationship ( Exodus 21:35-36)." [3][source]