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Deuteronomio 19:21
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Y no tendrás piedad: vida por vida, ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie.
Y no perdonar� tu ojo; vida por vida, ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie.
Y no perdonar� tu ojo; vida por vida, ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thine eye: Deuteronomy 19:13
life shall: Exodus 21:23-25, Leviticus 24:17-21, Matthew 5:38, Matthew 5:39
Reciprocal: Genesis 45:20 - regard not Exodus 21:20 - smite Exodus 21:24 - General Leviticus 24:19 - General Leviticus 24:20 - General Deuteronomy 7:16 - thine eye Deuteronomy 25:12 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thine eye shall not pity,.... The false witness when convicted; this is directed to the judges, who should not spare such an one through favour or affection, but pronounce a righteous sentence on him, and see it executed, in proportion to the crime, and that according to the law of retaliation:
but life shall go for life; in such a case where the life of a person must have gone, if the falsehood of the testimony had not been discovered, the false witness must suffer death; in other cases, where a member would have been lost, or the price of it paid for, the same penalty was to be inflicted:
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot; that is, the price of an eye an eye, &c. see Exodus 21:23.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See the marginal references.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Deuteronomy 19:21. Life - for life, eye for eye, c. — The operation of such a law as this must have been very salutary: if a man prized his own members, he would naturally avoid injuring those of others. It is a pity that this law were not still in force: it would certainly prevent many of those savage acts which now both disgrace and injure society. I speak this in reference to law generally, and the provision that should be made to prevent and punish ferocious and malevolent offences. A Christian may always act on the plan of forgiving injuries and where the public peace and safety may not be affected, he should do so; but if law did not make a provision for the safety of the community by enactment against the profligate, civil society would soon be destroyed.
