Verse 21
Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Referenced Verses
- Deut 19:13 : 13 Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.
- Matt 5:38-39 : 38 You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.
- Exod 21:23-25 : 23 But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.
- Lev 24:17-21 : 17 And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death. 18 And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life. 19 And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him; 20 Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him. 21 He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.