Exodus 21:24
Ayin for ayin, shen for shen, yad for yad, regel for regel,
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
In Context
23And if any ason (harm, fatality) follow, then thou shalt take nefesh for nefesh,
25Burn for burn, wound for wound, chaburah (stripe laceration) for chaburah.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:19And if a man cause a mum in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Judges 1:6But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.
Matthew 5:38You have heard that it was said, AYIN TAKHAT AYIN, SHEN TAKHAT SHEN + 5:38 Ex 21:24 (An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth).
Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, having been pressed down and having been shaken, overflowing, will be put into your kheyk (lap). For by what measure you measure it will be measured in return to you. + 6:38 Ps 79:12; Isa 65:6,7
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 →