Exodus 21:20 provides the law for killing a slave; this verse extends similar protection for eye loss, requiring freedom. Both appear in same legal section.

Exodus 21:24 prescribes 'eye for eye' for free persons, contrasting with the slave's freedom — showing a different penalty for the same injury.

Job 31:13-15 argues slaves and masters share the same Creator, underpinning the justice in freeing a slave whose eye is destroyed.

In Ephesians 6:9, Paul commands masters to treat slaves justly, echoing the OT principle that slave owners are accountable to God.

Colossians 4:1 similarly instructs masters to give slaves what is just and fair, reflecting the same ethic of divine accountability.

Nehemiah 5:5 describes Jews forced into slavery due to debt, highlighting the same need for protective laws like this one that frees mistreated slaves.