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22 “If men1 fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that2 she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall apay as the judges determine.  
23 But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,
24 aeye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,  
25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 “If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.
27 And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.

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28 “If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then athe ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be1 acquitted.  
29 But if the ox tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.
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Exodus 21:23-27

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.

Excerpted from Are You Feeling Guilty Of Past Sins?

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'But I Say to You' (Part Six): Retaliation  
Biblical Principles of Justice (Part Two)  



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