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Excerpted from: Are You Feeling Guilty Of Past Sins?God's underlying basis for dealing with sin is by the principle of proportionate punishment, in which the punishment fits the crime:
The principle here was that the punishment must match, but not exceed, the damage done. There was a strict limit on the amount of damages anyone could collect. In modern terms it might read: car bumper for car bumper or window for window. No one was to try to get rich off such situations.
Also, this was to be a rule of thumb for the judges, not an authorization of personal vendetta or private retaliation. So there are greater and lesser punishments for greater and lesser sins.
Sermons'But I Say to You' (Part Six): Retaliation
Biblical Principles of Justice (Part Two)
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