Leviticus 24:19
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
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Gill's Exposition
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,.... Which is not to be taken strictly or literally, but for the price or value of those, which is to be given in a pecuniary way; See Gill on Exo…
Evil manners, we say, beget good laws. We have here an account of the evil manners of a certain nameless mongrel Israelite, and the good laws occasioned thereby.
I. The offender was the son of an…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Cp. Exo 21:23-25. The lex talionisor law of retaliation bulks largely in the Code of Hammurabi (op. cit.), e.g. in the case of human life, §§ 116, 210, 219, 229; of tooth for tooth, § 200; of eye for…