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Exodus 21:26

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And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

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Exodus 21:26 in other translations

“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

Exodus 21:26 · World English Bible

Exodus 21:26 in context

  1. 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
  2. 25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
  3. 26And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
  4. 27And if he smite out his man-servant’s tooth, or his maid-servant’s tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
  5. 28And if an ox gore a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.