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Matthew 5:38
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Matthew 5:38
38¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
38¶ Yee haue heard that it hath beene said, *An eie for an eie, and a tooth for a tooth.
- Exod. 21.24. leuit. 24.20. deut. 19.21.
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 5:38
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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)
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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 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 study22¶ If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
23And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
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.
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.
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Open the full verse study19Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
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Open the full verse study27¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
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