The Eye: Punishment for Injuring

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  1. …eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
  2. If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
  3. …fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
  4. You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’