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

If a man smite his servant or his maid in the eye and put it out, he shall let them go free for the eye's sake.

If a man maim his neighbour, as he hath done, so shall it be done to him again:

And let thine eye have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

But Adonibezek fled, and they followed after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

And Samuel said, "As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among other women." And so Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

"Ye have heard how it is said, 'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.'

For as ye judge, so shall ye be judged: and with what measure ye mete, with the same shall it be measured to you again.

Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosoms. For with what measure ye mete, with the same shall men mete to you again."

for they shed out the blood of saints, and prophets, and therefore hast thou given them blood to drink: for they are worthy."

General references

broke for broke, eye for eye and tooth for tooth: even as he hath maimed a man, so shall he be maimed again.