Exodus 21:24

Eye for eye, &c. Lex talionis, eight particulars for completeness (App-10), seven in separate category (verses: Exodus 21:24; Exodus 21:26). These laws made prisons unnecessary, and prevented crime.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The rule would seem to refer to a case in which the wife of a man interfered in a quarrel. This law, “the jus talionis,” is elsewhere repeated in s...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(r) Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, (r) The execution of this law only belonged to the magistrate, ( Matthew 5:38 ).
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, &c.— See Leviticus 24:20 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

Eye for eye ( Leviticus 24:20 ); ( Deuteronomy 19:21 ); ( Matthew 5:38-44 ); ( 1 Peter 2:19-21 ). The provision in Exodus is law, and righteou...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning Murder and Bodily Injuries
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

This is the earliest account we have of the Lex Talionis, law Exodus 21:26 Exodus 21:27 Leviticus 24:19 Leviticus 24:20 Deuteronomy 19:21...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Eye for eye — The execution of this law is not put into the hands of private persons, as if every man might avenge himself, which would introduce u...

²⁴ Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 21:24