Leviticus 24:19
If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him–
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- Deut 19:21 : 21 You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.
- Matt 5:38 : 38 Retaliation“You have heard that it was said,‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
- Matt 7:2 : 2 For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.
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- Lev 24:20-212 verses91%
20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth– just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.
21One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.
- Lev 24:17-182 verses79%
17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.
18One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life.
- Exod 21:23-275 verses79%
23But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,
24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
26“If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
27If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
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29Do not say,“I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”
- Deut 19:19-213 verses77%
19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
20The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.
21You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.
- Exod 22:3-1412 verses76%
3If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.
4If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.
5“If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.
6“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.
7“If a man gives his neighbor money or articles for safekeeping, and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is caught, he must repay double.
8If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods.
9In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.
10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is injured or is carried away without anyone seeing it,
11then there will be an oath to the LORD between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay.
12But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner.
13If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.
14“If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay.
- Exod 21:18-203 verses75%
18“If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,
19and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person’s loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed.
20“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.
- Exod 21:35-362 verses74%
35If the ox of one man injures the ox of his neighbor so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide its proceeds, and they will also divide the dead ox.
36Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his.
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1Laws about Property(21:37)“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep.
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24‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
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38Retaliation“You have heard that it was said,‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
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12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.
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2Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.
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4or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths–
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19or a man who has had a broken leg or arm,
- Deut 19:11-122 verses71%
11However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities.
12The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.
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30Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.
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4when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty, then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust, or the lost thing that he had found,
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23or with any stone large enough that a man could die, without seeing him, and throws it at him, and he dies, even though he was not his enemy nor sought his harm,
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2“When a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,
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14But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.
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21or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him.
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15The Coming Day of the Lord“For the day of the LORD is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.
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31Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.
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11For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.
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31If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule.
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5Suppose he goes with someone else to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose from the handle and strikes his fellow worker so hard that he dies. The person responsible may then flee to one of these cities to save himself.