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Exodus 21:25
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burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
burn in place of burn, wound in place of wound, bruise in place of bruise.
burn for burn, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
Burning for burning, wound for wounde, stripe for stripe.
burn for burn, bruise for bruise, wound for wound.
burn for burn, cut for cut, and bruise for bruise.
burn for burn, wound for wound and bruise for bruise.
branding for branding, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
a burn for a burn, a bruise for a bruise, a cut for a cut.
burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, slap for slap.
burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
burn for burn, bruise for bruise, wound for wound.
branding for branding, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
burnynge for burnynge, wounde for wounde, strype for strype.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.
Burnyng for burnyng, wounde for wounde, strype for strype.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
brennyng for brennyng, wounde `with schedyng of blood for wounde `with schedyng of blood, `a wan wounde for a wan wounde.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.
burn for burn, cut for cut, sore for sore.
burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
brand for brand, wound for wound, - stripe for stripe.
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Cross-References
and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. At that time the Canaanites and the Per'izzites dwelt in the land.
When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes.
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
At that time Abim'elech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do;
But they said, "We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep."
She said to him, "Give me a present; since you have set me in the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water." And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not disclose another's secret;
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. This is to be understood of burning a man's flesh with fire; of wounds made by any means, so that the blood is let out; and of blows, and the prints and marks of them; of stripes and weals where the blood is settled, and the part is turned black and blue: the Targum of Jonathan is, the price of the pain of burning for burning, c. and indeed, in everyone of these cases, the law could not be well literally executed for it would be very difficult to burn and wound and mangle a man exactly as he had done another: and as Favorinus h objects against the law of the twelve tables of the Romans concerning retaliation, how can a man make a wound in another exactly as long, and as broad, and as deep as that he has given? nor would he suffer a larger to be made, as it was not just it should; and to which may be added, that all constitutions are not alike, and burning and wounding and striping, especially in some parts, might prove mortal, and the person might die thereby; to them the law of retaliation would not be observed, the punishment would be exceeded; and it is much more agreeable to justice and equity that it should be lessened rather than increased; and it may be observed, the law of the twelve tables with the Romans, concerning maiming of members, only took place when the parties could not come to an agreement; and with respect to the Jewish law, Josephus i himself says, that the man that has his eye put out may receive money for it, if he is willing, which the law allows of.
h A. Gell. Noct. Attic. l. 20. c. 1. i Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 4. c. 33, 35.)
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The rule would seem to refer to a case in which the wife of a man interfered in a quarrel. This law, “the jus talionis,” is elsewhere repeated in substance, compare the marginal references. and Genesis 9:6. It has its root in a simple conception of justice, and is found in the laws of many ancient nations. It serves in this place as a maxim for the magistrate in awarding the amount of compensation to be paid for the infliction of personal injury. The sum was to be as nearly as possible the worth in money of the power lost by the injured person. Our Lord quotes Exodus 21:24 as representing the form of the law, in order to illustrate the distinction between the letter and the spirit Matthew 5:38. The tendency of the teaching of the Scribes and Pharisees was to confound the obligations of the conscience with the external requirements of the law. The law, in its place, was still to be “holy and just and good,” Romans 7:12, but its direct purpose was to protect the community, not to guide the heart of the believer, who was not to exact eye for eye, tooth for tooth, but to love his enemies, and to forgive all injuries.
