OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Exodus 21:23

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But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,

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Exodus 21:20–26

20

“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.

21

Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant is his property.

22

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.

23
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But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,

24

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25

burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

26

“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

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