Deuteronomy 19:21

You shall not take pity on him. Instead, you shall require a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.”

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In The King James Version

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

In Context

20Then the others, upon hearing this, will be afraid, and they will by no means dare to do such things.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:24an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,

Leviticus 24:17Whoever will have struck and killed a man shall be put to death.

Deuteronomy 19:13You shall not take pity on him, and so shall you take away the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may be well with you.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 19:15-21

False Witnesses. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. 16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is… Read the whole commentary →

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