Leviticus 24:20
Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 19:21 : 21 Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
- Matt 5:38 : 38 You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
- 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.
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- Lev 24:17-193 verses91%
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;
- Exod 21:22-287 verses89%
22 If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
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.
26 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
27 Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.
28 If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.
- Deut 19:19-213 verses84%
19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.
20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.
21 Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
- Matt 5:38-392 verses82%
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.
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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.
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29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.
- Exod 22:1-77 verses76%
1 If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made.
2 If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.
3 But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible.
4 If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value.
5 If a man makes a fire in a field or a vine-garden, and lets the fire do damage to another man's field, he is to give of the best produce of his field or his vine-garden to make up for it.
6 If there is a fire and the flames get to the thorns at the edge of the field, causing destruction of the cut grain or of the living grain, or of the field, he who made the fire will have to make up for the damage.
7 If a man puts money or goods in the care of his neighbour to keep for him, and it is taken from the man's house, if they get the thief, he will have to make payment of twice the value.
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12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
- Exod 21:18-203 verses74%
18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.
20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
- Exod 21:35-362 verses74%
35 And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.
36 But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.
- Exod 22:12-143 verses73%
12 But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.
13 But if it has been damaged by a beast, and he is able to make this clear, he will not have to make payment for what was damaged.
14 If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.
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2 And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.
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12 Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.
- Exod 22:9-102 verses73%
9 In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.
10 If a man puts an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast into the keeping of his neighbour, and it comes to death or is damaged or is taken away, without any person seeing it:
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12 The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.
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4 Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle.
- Num 35:19-213 verses72%
19 He whose right it is to give punishment for blood, may himself put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
20 If in his hate he put a sword through him, or waiting secretly for him sent a spear or stone at him, causing his death;
21 Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
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19 Or a man with broken feet or hands,
- Exod 21:30-312 verses71%
30 If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.
31 If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.
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11 For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
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4 Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.
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10 And as for me, my eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity, but I will send the punishment of their ways on their heads.
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31 Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?
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23 Or has given him a blow with a stone, without seeing him, so causing his death, though he had nothing against him and no desire to do him evil: