Lev 24:19-20 | NET2full | STEP | If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen , just as he has done it must be done to him

‏ Leviticus 24:19-20

19 If a man inflicts an injury on ^{▼▼tn Heb “gives a flaw in”; KJV, ASV “cause a blemish in.”} his fellow citizen, ^{▼▼tn Or “neighbor” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); TEV, NLT “another person.”} just as he has done it must be done to him— 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth—just as he inflicts an injury on another person ^{▼▼tn Heb “in the man [אָדָם, ʾadam].”} that same injury ^{▼▼tn Heb “just as he inflicts an injury…it must be inflicted on him.” The referent (“that same injury”) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} must be inflicted on him.