Exodus 21:23

And if any mischief follow,.... According as that is, so shall it be done to the smiter: if death follows:

then thou shalt give life for life; if death to the woman, so Jarchi and Aben Ezra…

The rule would seem to refer to a case in which the wife of a man interfered in a quarrel. This law, “the jus talionis,” is elsewhere repeated in substance, compare the marginal references. and Gen…

Observe here,

I. The particular care which the law took of women with child, that no hurt should be done them which might occasion their mis-carrying. The law of nature obliges us to be very tender in…

The Lex Talionis. But if any mischief happen, then compensation is to be made on the principle of the lex talionis. Vv.23 25 are, however, worded quite generally, and mention many injuries not at all…