Verse 21

You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:13 : 13 Do not pity him, but purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
  • Matt 5:38-39 : 38 You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also.
  • Exod 21:23-25 : 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
  • Lev 24:17-21 : 17 Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death. 18 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life. 19 If anyone injures their neighbor, whatever they have done must be done to them. 20 Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The same injury that one inflicts on another must also be inflicted on them. 21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a person must be put to death.