Deuteronomy 19:17 (WEB)
then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;
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“For the wont of the old law was to avenge itself by the vengeance of the glaive, and to pluck out “eye for eye,” and to inflict retaliatory revenge for injury.” — editor's note: Comp. Ex. xxi. 24, 25; Lev. xxiv. 17–22; Deut. xix. 11–21; Matt. v. 38.
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