Leviticus 24:19

And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

In Context

18And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.

20Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Deuteronomy 19:21Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Matthew 5:38You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 24:11-23

The Blasphemy of Shelomith's Son; The Punishment of Shelomith's Son. ( b. c. 1490.) 10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; 11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord , and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind… Read the whole commentary →

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