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{{cquote| <sup>23</sup>But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, <sup>24</sup>eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, <sup>25</sup>burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
{{cquote| <sup>23</sup>But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, <sup>24</sup>eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, <sup>25</sup>burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
<sup>26</sup>“An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. <sup>27</sup>And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth. ''-Exodus 21:23-27''}}
<sup>26</sup>An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. <sup>27</sup>And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth. ''-Exodus 21:23-27''}}
This passage of Exodus speaks on the matter of penalties for doing wrong to another person. It serves as a deterrent to harming another, as doing so entails harm to the aggressor as well.
This passage of Exodus speaks on the matter of penalties for doing wrong to another person. It serves as a deterrent to harming another, as doing so entails harm to the aggressor as well.