Leviticus 24:20

20 Broken bone for broken bone, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Anyone who injures another person must be injured in the same way in return.

Leviticus 24:20 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Leviticus 24:20 In-Context

18 Whoever kills an animal that belongs to another person must give that person another animal to take its place.

19 And whoever causes an injury to a neighbor must receive the same kind of injury in return:

20 Broken bone for broken bone, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Anyone who injures another person must be injured in the same way in return.

21 Whoever kills another person's animal must give that person another animal to take its place. But whoever kills another person must be put to death.

22 "'The law will be the same for the foreigner as for those from your own country. I am the Lord your God.'"