Exodus 21:25

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Exodus 21:25 (WEB)
burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

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Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 3
“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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