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Leviticus 24:19 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 24 · verse 19
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;Leviticus 24:19 · King James Version
Leviticus 24:19 in context
17And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
18And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
20Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
21And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- neighbourʻâmîythcompanionshipH5997 →
- blemishmʼûwmto stainH3971 →
- causenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- doneʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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Evil manners, we say, beget good laws. We have here an account of the evil manners of a certain nameless mongrel Israelite, and the good laws occasioned thereby. I. The offender was the son of an Egyptian father and an Israelitish mother (Lev 24:10); his mother was of the tribe of Dan, Lev 24:11.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-23