Deuteronomy 19:21
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21 Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.(A)
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Matthew 5:38-39
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Concerning Retaliation
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’(A) 39 But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,(B)
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Exodus 21:23-25
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23 If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,(A) 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,(B) 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
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Deuteronomy 19:13
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13 Show no pity; you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.(A)
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Leviticus 24:17-21
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17 Anyone who kills a human being shall be put to death.(A) 18 Anyone who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, life for life.(B) 19 Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; the injury inflicted is the injury to be suffered.(C) 21 One who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, but one who kills a human being shall be put to death.(D)
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