Deuteronomy 19:21

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²¹^(A)Your eye shall not pity. ^(B)It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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Deuteronomy 19:21 in all English translations

Matthew 5:38-39

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Retaliation

³⁸^(A)“You have heard that it was said, ^(B)‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ ³⁹But I say to you, ^(C)Do not resist the one who is evil. But ^(D)if anyone ^(E)slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

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Exodus 21:23-25

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²³But if there is harm,^[a] then you shall pay ^(A)life for life, ²⁴^(B)eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, ²⁵burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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Exodus 21:23 Or so that her children come out and it is clear who was to blame, he shall be fined as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he alone shall pay. ²³If it is unclear who was to blame…

Deuteronomy 19:13

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¹³^(A)Your eye shall not pity him, ^(B)but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood^[a] from Israel, so that it may be well with you.

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Deuteronomy 19:13 Or the blood of the innocent

Deuteronomy 19:13 in all English translations

Leviticus 24:17-21

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An Eye for an Eye

¹⁷^(A)“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. ¹⁸^(B)Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life. ¹⁹If anyone injures his neighbor, ^(C)as he has done it shall be done to him, ²⁰fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. ²¹^(D)Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, ^(E)and whoever kills a person shall be put to death.