Deuteronomy 19:21 - Scripture Study Tools and Resources

Deuteronomy 19:21

21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, ^aeye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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a IE not literally; interpreted by the Rabbis to be symbolic of equal compensation

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Retaliation, law of, or lex talionis
(Deut. 19:21)

Punishments
(Deut. 19:19-21)

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not 8		Deut. 19:21-20:7

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Ps. 144:7-11 (7/5)

1 Sam. 24:10-15 (7/6)

D&C 84:6-12 (7/7)

Lev. 14:14-18 (6/5)

Lev. 14:25-29 (6/5)

Jer. 22:24-25 (5/2)

Jer. 34:20-21 (5/2)

1 Sam. 12:9-11 (5/3)

2 Sam. 21:20-22:1 (5/4)

2 Sam. 24:14-17 (5/4)

Deut. 15:7-11 (5/5)

1 Chr. 21:13-17 (5/5)

Ex. 18:9-10 (4/2)

Josh. 8:18-19 (4/2)

Gen. 38:28-30 (4/3)

1 Kgs. 13:4-6 (4/3)

2 Kgs. 18:33-35 (4/3)

Isa. 36:18-20 (4/3)

Jer. 21:5-7 (4/3)

Jer. 46:24-26 (4/3)

Gen. 9:2-5 (4/4)

Judg. 7:6-9 (4/4)

Judg. 15:15-18 (4/4)

1 Sam. 26:23-27:1 (4/4)

Neh. 9:27-30 (4/4)

Jer. 38:16-19 (4/4)

Ezek. 37:17-20 (4/4)

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