Leviticus 24:20

he schal restore brekyng for brekyng, iye for iye, tooth for tooth; what maner wem he yaf, he schal be compellid to suffre sich a wem.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

In Context

19If a man yyueth a wem + 24:19 that is, meymyng ether orrible hirting. to ony of hise citeseyns, as he dide, so be it don to him;

21He that smytith werk beeste, yeelde another; he that smytith a man, schal be punyschid. + 24:21 be punyschid, in Ebreu it is, die.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:23But if the deeth of hir sueth,

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 24:11-23

The Blasphemy of Shelomith's Son; The Punishment of Shelomith's Son. ( b. c. 1490.) 10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; 11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord , and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind… Read the whole commentary →

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