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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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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 21:18
19th Century
Bishop
With a stone, or with his fist. — Compare the difference made under English law between wounding with a sharp or a blunt …
John Calvin
On Exodus 21:18
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Exodus 21:18
17th Century
Pastor
And if men strive together
Quarrel and fight, and wrestle with and box one another:
and one smite…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 21:12–21
17th Century
Minister
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…