Deuteronomy 19:21

neither shall thine eye pity,—life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

In Context

20and, they who remain shall hear and fear,—and not go on to do again according to this wicked thing, in thy midst:

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Cross References

Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth,—hand for hand, foot for foot,

Leviticus 24:17And, when, any man, by smiting taketh the life of any human being, he shall be surely put to death,

Deuteronomy 19:13thine eye shall not look with pity upon him,—so shall thou consume the shedding of innocent blood out of Israel and it shall go well with 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 →

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