25 burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe. 26 If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye. 27 And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
Exodus 21:25–27
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Leviticus 24:19–21
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Exodus 21:19–21
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Exodus 21:31–33
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Exodus 21:11–13
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Matthew 5:37–39
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