The rule would seem to refer to a case in which a man's wife interfered in a quarrel. This law, “the jus talionis,” is repeated elsewhere in substa…

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child. — It is assumed that this hurt would probably take place through the interfer…

If men strive, and hurt a woman. This passage at first sight is ambiguous. For if the word death³⁹ only applies to the pregnant…

If men strive
Quarrel and fight with one another, which is to be understood of Hebrews, as Aben Ezra observes:

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The cases mentioned here give rules of justice that were applicable then and are still in use for deciding similar matters. These laws teach us tha…