Deuteronomy 19:21
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21 (A)Your eye shall not pity: (B)life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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Deuteronomy 19:21
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Matthew 5:38-39
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Go the Second Mile(A)
38 “You have heard that it was said, (B)‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 (C)But I tell you not to resist an evil person. (D)But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
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Matthew 5:38-39
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Eye for Eye
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[a](A) 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.(B)
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- Matthew 5:38 Exodus 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21
Exodus 21:23-25
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23 But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, 24 (A)eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
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Exodus 21:23-25
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23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,(A) 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth,(B) hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
Deuteronomy 19:13
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13 (A)Your eye shall not pity him, (B)but you shall [a]put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
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- Deuteronomy 19:13 purge the blood of the innocent
Deuteronomy 19:13
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13 Show no pity.(A) You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood,(B) so that it may go well with you.
Leviticus 24:17-21
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17 (A)‘Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death. 18 (B)Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, animal for animal.
19 ‘If a man causes disfigurement of his neighbor, as (C)he has done, so shall it be done to him— 20 fracture for (D)fracture, (E)eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused disfigurement of a man, so shall it be done to him. 21 And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; but whoever kills a man shall be put to death.
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Leviticus 24:17-21
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17 “‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.(A) 18 Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution(B)—life for life. 19 Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.(C) The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury. 21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution,(D) but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.(E)
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