Exodus 21:24

_EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH, HAND FOR HAND, FOOT FOR FOOT,_ Eye for eye. The law which authorized retaliation-a principle acted upon by all primitive people-was a civil one. It was given to regulate the procedure of the public magistrate in determining the amount of compensation in every case of injury, but did not encourage feelings of private revenge. The later Jews, however, mistook it for a moral precept, and were corrected by our Lord Jesus (Matthew 5:38)....

22-36 The cases here mentioned give rules of justice then, and still in use, for deciding similar matters. We are taught by these laws, that we must be very careful to do no wrong, either directly or indirectly. If we have done wrong, we must be very willing to make it good, and be desirous that nobody may lose by us....

Verse Exodus 21:24. _EYE FOR EYE_] This is the earliest account we have of the _lex talionis_, or law of _like for like_, which afterwards prevailed among the Greeks and Romans. Among the latter, it constituted a part of the _twelve tables_, so famous in antiquity; but the punishment was afterwards changed to a _pecuniary_ fine, to be levied at the discretion of the praetor. It prevails less or more in most civilized countries, and is fully acted upon in the _canon law_, in reference to all calumniators: _Calumniator, si in_ _accusatione defecerit, talionem recipiat_. "If the calumniator fall in the proof of his accusation, let him suffer the same punishment which he wished to have inflicted upon the man whom he falsely accused." Nothing, however, of this kind was left to _private revenge_; the magistrate awarded the punishment when the fact was...

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 substance, compare the marginal references. and Genesis 9:6. It has its root in a simple conception of justice, and is found in the laws of many ancient nations. It serves in this place as a maxim for the magistrate in awarding the amount of compensation to be paid for the infliction of personal injury. The sum was to be as nearly as possible the worth in money of the power lost by the injured person. Our Lord quotes Exodus 21:24 as representing the form of the law, in order to illustrate the distinction between the letter and the spirit Matthew 5:38. The tendency

EXPOSITION THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT.—_Continued_. I. _Laws connected with the rights of persons_ (Exodus 21:1). The regulations of this section concern— 1. Slavery (Exodus 21:2); 2. Murder and other kinds of homicide (Exodus 21:12-2 and Exodus 21:20, Exodus 21:21); 3. Man-stealing ...

EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH, HAND FOR HAND, FOOT FOR FOOT. This is "lex talionis", the law of retaliation, and from whence the Heathens had theirs; but whether this is to be taken strictly and literally, or only for pecuniary mulcts, is a question; Josephus d understands it in the former sense, the Jewish writers generally in the latter; and so the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it; "the price of an eye for an eye, c.'' Jarchi on the place observes, that, "he that puts out his neighbour's eye must pay him the price of his eye, according to the price of a servant sold in the market, and so of all the rest for not taking away of members strictly is meant, as our doctors here interpret it;'' in a place he refers to, and to which Aben Ezra agrees; and of the difference and dispute between the Jews concerning this matter, Matthew 5:38

EYE FOR EYE (Leviticus 24:20); (Deuteronomy 19:21); (Matthew 5:38); (1 Peter 2:19). The provision in Exodus is law, and righteous; the New Testament passages are grace, and merciful....

CHAPTER 21 DIFFERENT JUDGMENTS _ 1. Master and servant (Exodus 21:1)_ 2. Concerning injury to the person (Exodus 21:12) 3. Concerning property (Exodus 21:33) The Three Chapter s which follow the giving of the Ten Commandments give the practical application of the Decalogue in the daily life. The duties towards the fellowman are demonstrated in part. There are seven sections to these three Chapter s; each section contains ten precepts. The servant occupies the first place. He was to obtain his freedom for nothing after serving six years. In Deuteronomy we read that the master is commanded not to let him go empty-handed, but give him of his flock, his threshing floor and his winepress.

EXODUS 21:18 E. INJURIES. If one man injures another in a quarrel (Exodus 21:18), he must, on the recovery of the other, compensate him for the loss of time and pay his doctor's bill (Exodus 21:19). He who beat a slave to death must pay a penalty (Exodus 21:20), no doubt fixed at the judge's discretion; but only if death was immediate (Exodus 21:21). If two men quarrelling injured the wife of one of them intervening and brought on a miscarriage without permanent injury, her husband could levy a fine ...

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....