Leviticus 24:20 BSB

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.

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שֶׁ֚בֶר	She.ver	a fracture	H7667 →
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	for	H8478 →
שֶׁ֔בֶר	She.ver	a fracture	H7667 →
עַ֚יִן	'A.yin	an eye	H5869 →
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	for	H8478 →
עַ֔יִן	'A.yin	an eye	H5869 →
שֵׁ֖ן	shen	a tooth	H8127 →
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	for	H8478 →
שֵׁ֑ן	Shen	a tooth	H8127 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
יִתֵּ֥ן	yi.Ten	he will make	H5414 →
מוּם֙	mum	a blemish	H3971 →
בָּֽאָדָ֔ם	ba.'a.Dam	on <the> person	H120 →
כֵּ֖ן	ken	so	H3651 →
יִנָּ֥תֶן	yi.Na.ten	it will be made	H5414 →
בּֽוֹ׃	bo	on <the> him

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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
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.
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.
- 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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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Leviticus

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Leviticus