Exodus 21:24

Overview - Exodus 21
Laws for men servants.
For the servant whose ear is bored.
For women servants.
12 For manslaughter.
16 For stealers of men.
17 For cursers of parents.
18 For smiters.
22 For a hurt by chance.
28 For an ox that gores.
33 For him that is an occasion of harm.
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Exodus 21:24  (King James Version)
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
 


This is the earliest account we have of the [towtopatheia,] tautopatheia,] Lex Talionis, law of like for like.
Exodus 21:26 Exodus 21:27 ; Leviticus 24:19 Leviticus 24:20 ; Deuteronomy 19:21 ; Judges 1:6 Judges 1:7 ; 1 Samuel 15:33 ; Matthew 5:38-40 ; 7:2
Luke 6:38 ; Revelation 16:6