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Exodus 21:23

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But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

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Exodus 21:23 in other translations

But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,

Exodus 21:23 · World English Bible

Exodus 21:23 in context

  1. 21Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
  2. 22And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
  3. 23But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
  4. 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
  5. 25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.