Exodus 21:24

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Summary

Exodus 21:24

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

This is the earliest account we have of the towtopatheia, tautopatheia, lex talionis, law of like for like

General references

Leviticus 24:20

Bible References

This is the earliest account we have of the towtopatheia, tautopatheia, lex talionis, law of like for like

“When a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his eye.

If any man inflicts a permanent injury on his neighbor, whatever he has done is to be done to him:

You must not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

When Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Samuel declared:

As your sword has made women childless,
so your mother will be childless among women.

Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.

“You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

For with the judgment you use, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over—will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Because they poured out
the blood of the saints and the prophets,
You also gave them blood to drink;
they deserve it!

General references

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Whatever injury he inflicted on the person, the same is to be inflicted on him.