Leviticus 24:20
Hebrew Text— Leviticus 24:20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone.
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eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
If anyone injures his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done:
You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God shall deliver to you. Your eye shall not pity them. You shall not serve their gods; for that would be a snare to you.
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you.
Also, don’t concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.”
“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.
then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.
“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’