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Leviticus 24:19

Whoever will have inflicted a blemish on any of his citizens, just as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

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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

18Whoever will have struck down an animal shall repay its equivalent, that is, a life for a life.

20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he repay. Whatever degree of blemish he has inflicted, so shall he be compelled to suffer.

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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,

Deuteronomy 19:21You 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.”

Matthew 5:38You have heard 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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