Leviticus 24:20
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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.fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
In other translations
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.fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
Hebrew words
שֶׁבֶרshevera fractureH7667תַּחַתtachatforH8478שֶׁבֶרshevera fractureH7667עַיִן'ayinan eyeH5869תַּחַתtachatforH8478עַיִן'ayinan eyeH5869שֵׁןshena toothH8127תַּחַתtachatforH8478שֵׁןshena toothH8127כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834יִתֵּןyitenhe will makeH5414מוּםmuma blemishH3971בָּאָדָםba'adamon <the> personH120כֵּןkensoH3651יִנָּתֶןyinatenit will be madeH5414בּוֹ׃boon <the> him
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 19:21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
- Matthew 5:38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
- Exodus 21:23-2523 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.23 But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life— 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
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