Exodus 21:26
If anyone will have struck the eye of his male or female servant, having left them with one eye, he shall release them freely, because of the eye that he has put out.
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In Context
25a scrape for a scrape, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.
Cross References
Exodus 21:20Whoever strikes his male or female servant with a staff, and if they have died by his hands, he shall be guilty of a crime.
Deuteronomy 16:19and not so as to show favoritism to either side. You shall not accept a person’s reputation, nor gifts. For gifts blind the eyes of the wise and alter the words of the just.
Job 31:13If I have despised being subject to judgment with my servant or my maid, when they had any complaint against me,
Psalms 72:12Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches.
Ephesians 6:9And you, lords, act similarly toward them, setting aside threats, knowing that the Lord of both you and them is in heaven. For with him there is no favoritism toward anyone.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:23-36
22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall… Read the whole commentary →