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Leviticus 24:20

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath maimed a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Leviticus 24:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 19:21 Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Matthew 5:38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
  • Exodus 21:23-25 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

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Explain this verse (5 sources)

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore…

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it,.... The same as in Lev 24:18, which is repeated for the confirmation of it, and that it might be observed, though Jarchi takes it to be a different law; before, he says, it speaks of him that kills a beast, here of him that makes any wound or bruise in it, which he must make good; and it must be allowed that the manner of expression is different; there it is, he that smites the soul of a beast so that it dies, here only he that smites a beast, though it dies not, yet having some damage done it, satisfaction must be made:

and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death; or he that smites a man, though he does not kill him, as Jarchi observes, only makes a wound or bruise in him, because it is not said, the soul of a man, as before; but such damages did not require death, but satisfaction in another way, as in Lev 24:19.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 20. Breach for breach] This is a repetition…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Breach, or fracture: if he break a bone, the…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 20. Breach for breach — Broken limb for broken…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 24:20 eye for an eye: The legal principle involved…

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