Levitico 24:20

Filipino Cebuano Bible

20 Bali sa bali, mata sa mata, ngipon sa ngipon; ingon nga nakadaut siya sa usa ka tawo, mao kini usab ang pagabuhaton kaniya.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 21:23-25, Deuteronomy 19:21, Matthew 5:38

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:24 - General Daniel 1:4 - in whom

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,.... Which is not to be taken strictly or literally, but for the price or value of those, which is to be given in a pecuniary way; :-,

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as he hath caused a blemish in a man, shall it be done to him; unless he gives satisfaction, and pays a valuable consideration for it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 24:20. Breach for breach — This is a repetition of the lex talionis, which see explained, Clarke's note "Exodus 21:24".