Deuteronomy 19:20 (WEB)
Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and will never again commit any such evil among you.
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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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