KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Exodus 21:23–27
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Exodus 21:23
23And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
23And if any mischiefe follow, then thou shalt giue life for life,
Exodus 21:24
24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
24*Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote,
- Leuit. 24.20. deut.19.21. matth. 5.38.
Exodus 21:25
25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Exodus 21:26
26¶ And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
26¶ And if a man smite the eye of his seruant, or the eye of his mayd, that it perish, hee shall let him goe free for his eyes sake.
Exodus 21:27
27And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
27And if he smite out his man seruants tooth, or his mayde seruants tooth, hee shal let him goe free for his tooths sake.
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DEFINED WORDS
Exodus 21:23
One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Harm; hurt; injury; damage; evil, whether intended or not.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Exodus 21:24
The organ of sight; also to look upon or observe attentively.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A hard structure in the mouth used for biting; also a pointed projection.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The lower extremity used for standing or walking; also a measure, base, or lowest part; as a verb, to tread or walk.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Exodus 21:25
Being on fire; consuming by fire; also fiery heat, inflammation, or ardent passion.
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Wunde; W. Injury; hurt.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A blow, stroke, or the wound or mark left by a blow.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Exodus 21:26
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To strike, beat, afflict, wound, or slay.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The organ of sight; also to look upon or observe attentively.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A young unmarried woman; a female servant or attendant.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Being at liberty; not being under necessity or restraint, physical or moral; a word of general application to the body, the will or mind, and to corporations. Clear of crime or offense; guiltless; innocent.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Exodus 21:27
To strike, beat, afflict, wound, or slay.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
manservant
A male servant.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A hard structure in the mouth used for biting; also a pointed projection.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
maidservant
A female servant.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Being at liberty; not being under necessity or restraint, physical or moral; a word of general application to the body, the will or mind, and to corporations. Clear of crime or offense; guiltless; innocent.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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Open the full verse study31Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
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Open the full verse study19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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Open the full verse study2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
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Open the full verse study38¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
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Open the full verse study19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
20Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
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Open the full verse study6But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
7And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
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Open the full verse study38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
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Open the full verse study6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
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Open the full verse study33And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
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Open the full verse study26¶ And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
27And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
From verse 26
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Open the full verse study1MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
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Open the full verse study19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
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Open the full verse study9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
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Open the full verse study20¶ And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
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Open the full verse study13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
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Open the full verse study5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
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Open the full verse study22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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Open the full verse study14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
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Open the full verse study18To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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Open the full verse study12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
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Open the full verse study12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
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