Exodus 21:23

New English Translation

But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,

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If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him –

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth – just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.