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Leviticus 24:20

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.

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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

19And if a man shall cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

21And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:23And if any mischief shall follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

Judges 1:7And Adoni-bezek said, seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

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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