Deuteronomy 19:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²¹And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Deuteronomy 19:21 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:38-39
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: …
Exodus 21:23-25
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, …
Deuteronomy 19:13
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
Leviticus 24:17-21
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. …

Topics

Accusation, False Church Congregation Ecclesiasticism Evidence Evil for Evil Eye for Eye Fraternity

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-21)

Here is a statute for the preventing of frauds and perjuries; for the divine law takes care of men’s rights and properties, and has made a hedge about them. Such a friend is it to human society and men’s civil interest. I. A law against frauds, Deut. 19:14. 1. Here is an implicit direction given to the first planters of Canaan to fix land-marks, according to the distribution of the land to the sev…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 21)

16-21. But if convicted of perjury, it will be sufficient for his own condemnation, and his punishment shall be exactly the same as would have overtaken the object of his malignant prosecution. (See on Ex 21:23; see also Le 24:20).