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"If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn`t die, but is confined to bed;
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Proportional Justice
Commentators explain that this law distinguishes severe assault from murder. Instead of applying the 'eye for an eye' principle, which could risk killing the offender, the punishment is financial compensation for the victim's lost time and medical care. This demonstrates a legal system focused on proportional justice rather than simple retaliation.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
With a stone, or with his fist. — Compare the difference made under English law between wounding with a sharp or a blunt …
16th Century
Protestant
And if men strive together. The punishment enacted here for wounds and blows is so slight that it might have served as an incitement to th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if men strive together Quarrel and fight, and wrestle with and box one another:
and one smite…
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Presbyterian
God, who by His providence gives and maintains life, by His law protects it. A willful murderer shall be taken even from God's altar. But God provi…
