Leviticus 24:20

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

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KJV

Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

ASV

breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

YLT

breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him.

DBT

breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him.

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Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,.... Which is not to be taken strictly or literally, but for the price or value of those, which is to be given in a pecuniary way; See Gill on Exo 21:24, Exo 21:25, as he hath caused a blemish in a man, shall it be done to him; unless he gives satisfaction, and pays a valuable consideration for it.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Deuteronomy 19:21
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
Matthew 5:38
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—

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Matthew 5:38
You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
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…
- Deuteronomy 19:19
  you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
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Deuteronomy 19:21
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
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- 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.
- Leviticus 24:17–21
  And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.

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Leviticus 24:20

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