Verse 20
fracture 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.
Referenced Verses
- 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.’
- Exod 21:23-25 : 23 But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.