Exodus 21:25

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

In Context

24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

26If any man strike the eye of his manservant or maidservant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free for the eye which he put out.

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Cross References

Leviticus 24:19He that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:

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 →

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