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24 [a]eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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  1. Exodus 21:24 The concept of reciprocal punishment for a wrongful injury is applied mainly to special cases not already covered by more complex laws.

24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth,(A) hand for hand, foot for foot,

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20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so shall the same be done to him.(A)

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20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.(A) The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury.

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21 You shall not show pity [to the guilty one]: it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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21 Show no pity:(A) life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.(B)

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