Exodus 21:23

But if there is serious injury, then you must give a life for a life,

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And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

In Context

22If men fight together and hurt a pregnant woman so that she miscarries, but there is no other injury to her, then the guilty man must surely be fined as the woman's husband demands it from him, and he must pay as the judges determine.

24an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,

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Cross References

Leviticus 24:20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has caused an injury to a person, so must it also be done to him.

Deuteronomy 19:21Your eyes must not pity; life will pay for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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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