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Exodus 21:23 KJV
Exodus · chapter 21 · verse 23
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,Exodus 21:23 · King James Version
Exodus 21:23 in context
21Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
22If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- followʼâçôwnhurtH611 →
- givenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- lifenepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
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Observe here, I. The particular care which the law took of women with child, that no hurt should be done them which might occasion their mis-carrying. The law of nature obliges us to be very tender in that case, lest the tree and fruit be destroyed together, Exo 21:22, Exo 21:23.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-36