Exodus 21:26
If a man hits the eye of his male servant or of his female servant and destroys it, then he must let the servant go free in compensation for his eye.
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25a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, or a bruise for a bruise.
Cross References
Exodus 21:20If a man hits his male servant or his female servant with a staff, and if the servant dies as a result of the blow, then that man must surely be punished.
Deuteronomy 16:19You must not take justice away by force; you must not show partiality nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Job 31:13If I ignored the plea for justice from my male or female servant 1 when they argued with me, 1
Psalms 10:14You have taken notice, for you always see the one who inflicts the misery and sorrow. 1 The helpless entrusts himself to you; 1 you rescue the fatherless. 1
Psalms 72:12For he helps the needy person who cries out 1 and the poor person who has no other helper. 1
Ephesians 6:9Masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them. You know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with 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 →