¹⁹ “Anyone who injures another person must be dealt with according to the injury inflicted—

² For you will be treated as you treat others.^[a] The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.^[b]

Teaching about Revenge

³⁸ “You have heard the law that says the punishment must match the injury: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’^[a]

²¹ You must show no pity for the guilty! Your rule should be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.