Leviticus 24:19
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19 Personal injuries to others must be dealt with in keeping with the crime—
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Leviticus 24:19
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19 Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner:
Leviticus 24:20
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20 (A) a broken bone for a broken bone, an eye for an eye, or a tooth for a tooth.
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Leviticus 24:20
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20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.(A) The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury.
Deuteronomy 19:19-21
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19-21 (A) then you will be punished without mercy. You will receive the same punishment the accused would have received if found guilty, whether it means losing an eye, a tooth, a hand, a foot, or even your life.
Israel, the crime of telling lies in court must be punished. And when people hear what happens to witnesses that lie, everyone else who testifies in court will tell the truth.
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Deuteronomy 19:19-21
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19 then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party.(A) You must purge the evil from among you. 20 The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid,(B) and never again will such an evil thing be done among you. 21 Show no pity:(C) life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.(D)
Matthew 5:38
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Revenge
(Luke 6.29,30)
38 (A) You know you have been taught, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.”
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Matthew 5:38
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Footnotes
- Matthew 5:38 Exodus 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21
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