Leviticus 24:17

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Leviticus 24:17 (WEB)
“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

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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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