Exo 21:23-25, Lev 24:17-21, Mat 5:38-39 | ESV | STEP | But if there is harm , then you shall pay life for life ,

g[See ver. 18 above]

h[See ver. 17 above]

i[See ver. 27 above]

jCited from Ex. 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21

lFor ver. 39-42, see Luke 6:29, 30; [Rom. 12:17]

Exodus 21:23-25

23 But if there is harm, ^{▼▼Or so that her children come out and it is clear who was to blame, he shall be fined as the woman’s husband shall impose on him, and he alone shall pay. If it is unclear who was to blame . . .} then you shall pay ^blife for life, 24 ^ceye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Leviticus 24:17-21

An Eye for an Eye

17 ^d“Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. 18 ^eWhoever takes an animal’s life shall make it good, life for life. 19 If anyone injures his neighbor, ^fas he has done it shall be done to him, 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. 21 ^gWhoever kills an animal shall make it good, ^hand whoever kills a person shall be put to death.

Matthew 5:38-39

Retaliation

38 ⁱ“You have heard that it was said, ^j‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, ^kDo not resist the one who is evil. But ^lif anyone ^mslaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.