24 (A)eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, [a]bruise for bruise.

26 “And if someone strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he shall let [b]the slave go free on account of the eye.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:25 Lit welt
  2. Exodus 21:26 Lit him go...his eye

24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth,(A) hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

26 “An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.

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