Leviticus 24:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

Leviticus 24:20 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 19:21
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Matthew 5:38
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, …

Topics

Evil for Evil Eye for Eye Lex Talionis Punishment Retaliation Revenge Vengeance

Commentary

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

(vv. 10-23)

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 Egyptian father and an Israelitish mother (Lev. 24:10); his mother was of the tribe of Dan, Lev. 24:11. Neither he nor his father is named, but his mother only, who was an Israelite. This notice is taken…

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

(vv. 20)

17-22. he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death--These verses contain a repetition of some other laws, relating to offenses of a social nature, the penalties for which were to be inflicted, not by the hand of private parties, but through the medium of the judges before whom the cause was brought.