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Exodus 21:23
But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,
Exodus 21:23 · Bible in Basic English
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Exodus 21:23 in other translations
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
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In context
20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
21 But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.
22 If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
23 But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.
26 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
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