fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Leviticus 24:20 in context
Leviticus 24:17–23
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“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
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He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.
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If anyone injures his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done:
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fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone.
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He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
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You shall have one kind of law for the foreigner as well as the native-born; for I am the LORD your God.’”
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Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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