20 breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him.
and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;
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Commentary on Leviticus 24 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 24
In this chapter we have,
Lev 24:1-9
Care is here taken, and orders are given, for the decent furnishing of the candlestick and table in God's house.
Lev 24:10-23
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.