Exodus 21:20 BSB — MannaFest

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14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכִֽי־	ve.khi-	and if	H3588 →
יַכֶּה֩	ya.Keh	he will strike	H5221 →
אִ֨ישׁ	'ish	anyone	H376 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַבְדּ֜וֹ	av.Do	[male] slave his	H5650 →
א֤וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲמָתוֹ֙	'a.ma.To	female slave his	H519 →
בַּשֵּׁ֔בֶט	ba.She.vet	with the rod	H7626 →
וּמֵ֖ת	u.Met	and he will die	H4191 →
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	under	H8478 →
יָד֑וֹ	ya.Do	hand his	H3027 →
נָקֹ֖ם	na.Kom	certainly <to avenge>	H5358 →
יִנָּקֵֽם׃	yi.na.Kem	he will be avenged	H5358 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 19:21
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
leads to
- Matthew 5:38–39
  You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
- Exodus 21:23–25
  But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
- Deuteronomy 19:13
  You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
Through
Romans 13:4
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the…
leads to
- Romans 12:19
  Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- 2 Chronicles 19:6
  Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.
- Proverbs 24:23–24
  These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
- Proverbs 16:14
  The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
- Proverbs 20:2
  The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Exodus 20:13You shall not murder.Deuteronomy 19:21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.Proverbs 29:19A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.Exodus 21:18If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,Romans 13:4For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.Isaiah 58:3–4“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.Numbers 35:19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.Genesis 4:24If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”Numbers 35:30–33If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.Exodus 21:26–27If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.Genesis 4:15“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.Deuteronomy 17:8If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.Exodus 21:26If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

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