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Leviticus 24:19

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If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:

KJV

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

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This verse in Leviticus 24

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And, it should seem, this is it that brings in these laws here, to show how equitable it was that strangers as well as Israelites should be punished for blasphemy, because strangers as well as Israelites were punishable for other crimes.

This site's exposition

If anyone injures his neighbor

on Leviticus 24:19-20

Eye for eye caps what a court may exact, tying the penalty to the size of the injury. It stands three times in the Torah, at Exodus 21:23-25, here and Deuteronomy 19:21.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death--These verses contain a repetition of some other laws, relating to offenses of a social nature, the penalties for which were to be inflicted, not by the hand of private parties, but through the medium of the judges before whom the cause was brought.

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The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאִ֕ישׁand anyone

    veishH376 →1663 times

  • כִּֽי־if

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • יִתֵּ֥ןhe will make

    yitenH5414 →2011 times

  • מ֖וּםa blemish

    mumH3971 →21 times

  • בַּעֲמִית֑וֹon fellow citizen his

    baamitoH5997 →12 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֔הhe has done

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • כֵּ֖ןso

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • יֵעָ֥שֶׂהit will be done

    yeasehH6213 →2628 times

  • לּֽוֹ׃to <the> him

    lo

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 5:38

    You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 24:19–20

      If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:

    • Deuteronomy 19:21

      You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

    • Exodus 21:22–27

      If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the…

  • Through

    Matthew 7:2

    For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

    it leads to

    • James 2:13

      For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

    • Mark 4:24

      He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.

    • Obadiah 1:15

      For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

    • Luke 6:38

      Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured…

  • 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.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 5:38–39

      You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 24 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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