Leviticus 24:20
20
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury.
Read Leviticus 24:20 Using 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; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.
a fracture for a fracture, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whatever anyone does to injure another person must be paid back in kind.
What does Leviticus 24:20 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Leviticus 24:20
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth
Which is not to be taken strictly or literally, but for the price
or value of those, which is to be given in a pecuniary way;
(See Gill on Exodus
21:24), (See Gill on Exodus
21:25);
as he hath caused a blemish in a man, shall it be done to
him;
unless he gives satisfaction, and pays a valuable consideration
for it.
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