Deuteronomy 19:21
Thou schalt not haue mercy on hym, but thou schalt axe lijf for lijf, iye for iye, tooth for tooth, hond for hond, foot for foot.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
20and haue drede, and be no more hardi to do siche thingis.
Cross References
Exodus 21:24he schal yelde lijf for lijf, iye for iye, tooth for tooth, hond for hond, foot for foot,
Leviticus 24:17He that smytith and sleeth a man, die bi deeth;
Deuteronomy 19:13and he schal die, and thou schalt not haue mercy on hym; and thou schalt do awey gilti blood fro Israel, that it be wel to thee.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 19:15-21
False Witnesses. ( b. c. 1451.) 14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. 16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is… Read the whole commentary →