Leviticus 24:20

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Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The same injury that one inflicts on another must also be inflicted on them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:21 : 21 You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Matt 5:38 : 38 You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'
  • 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.

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  • Lev 24:17-19
    3 verses
    91%

    17Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.

    18Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

    19If anyone injures their neighbor, whatever they have done must be done to them.

  • Exod 21:22-28
    7 verses
    89%

    22If men are fighting and they strike a pregnant woman, causing her to give birth prematurely but there is no further injury, the offender must pay whatever the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.

    23But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,

    24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

    25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

    26If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the eye.

    27And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the tooth.

    28If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox will not be held liable.

  • Deut 19:19-21
    3 verses
    84%

    19you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you.

    20Then the rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and they will never again commit such an evil thing among you.

    21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Matt 5:38-39
    2 verses
    82%

    38You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

    39But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also.

  • Lev 24:21
    81%

    21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a person must be put to death.

  • Prov 24:29
    77%

    29Do not say, 'I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his deeds.'

  • Exod 22:1-7
    7 verses
    76%

    1If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck and killed, there is no bloodguilt for his death.

    2If the sun has risen on him, there is bloodguilt for his death. He must pay restitution; and if he owns nothing, he shall be sold for his theft.

    3If what was stolen is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox, a donkey, or a sheep, he must pay back double.

    4If a man lets his animal graze in another's field or vineyard, and it feeds there, he must repay with the best of his own field or vineyard.

    5If a fire breaks out and catches on thorn bushes so that a stack of grain, standing grain, or a field is destroyed, the one who started the fire must make full compensation.

    6If a man gives silver or goods to his neighbor for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the neighbor's house, if the thief is caught, he must pay back double.

    7If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must present himself before God to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.

  • Exod 21:12
    74%

    12Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

    19if the injured man is able to get up and walk around outside with a staff, the one who struck him shall be acquitted. Nevertheless, he must pay for the time lost and ensure the injured man is completely healed.

    20If a man strikes his male or female servant with a rod, and the servant dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    35If one man’s ox injures another’s ox so that it dies, they are to sell the live ox and divide the money, and they must also divide the dead animal.

    36However, if it was known that the ox was prone to goring in the past and its owner did not keep it confined, he must pay compensation—an ox for an ox—and the dead animal will be his.

  • Exod 22:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12If it was attacked and torn apart by a wild animal, the neighbor must provide evidence of this, but does not need to pay restitution for the torn animal.

    13If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies when its owner is not present, he must make restitution.

    14If the owner is with the animal, the borrower does not need to pay. If it was rented, the payment covers the loss.

  • Deut 25:2
    73%

    2If the guilty one deserves to be beaten, the judge will have him lie down and be struck before him, according to the severity of his crime, with a number of blows.

  • Deut 25:12
    73%

    12then you shall cut off her hand; show no pity.

  • Exod 22:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to take care of, and it dies, is injured, or is driven away while no one is watching,

    10the issue between them will be settled by an oath before the Lord that the neighbor has not taken the other’s property. The owner must accept this, and no restitution is required.

  • Deut 19:12
    72%

    12the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.

  • Lev 6:4
    72%

    4Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.

  • Num 35:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death.

    20If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies,

    21or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer.

  • Lev 21:19
    72%

    19No man with a broken foot or a broken hand,

  • Exod 21:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30However, if a ransom is imposed on him, he must pay whatever is demanded for the redemption of his life.

    31Whether it gores a son or a daughter, the same judgment applies to him.

  • Job 34:11
    71%

    11For He repays a man for his deeds and brings upon him what his conduct deserves.

  • Ps 28:4
    70%

    4Give them according to what they have done, and according to the evil of their deeds; give them according to the work of their hands; repay them their due reward.

  • Ezek 9:10
    70%

    10'But as for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I show pity. I will bring their actions back upon their own heads.'

  • Job 21:31
    70%

    31Who will confront him with his conduct? Who repays him for what he has done?

  • Num 35:23
    70%

    23or if, without seeing them, they drop a stone on someone that could cause death, and the person dies, but there was no enmity or intentional harm between them,