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A Principle of Justice
Commentators clarify that this law was a legal principle for magistrates, not a license for personal revenge. Scholars like John Gill and Albert Barnes argue it was rarely applied literally. Instead, it established a basis for determining fair monetary compensation for an injury, ensuring the punishment fit the crime within a civil justice system.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 21:22–25
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 21:22–25
19th Century
Bishop
A personal injury peculiar to women—a hurt producing miscarriage—is here considered. The miscarriage might cost the woman her life, in which case t…
John Gill
On Exodus 21:25
17th Century
Pastor
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. This is to be understood of burning a man's flesh with fire; of …
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 21:22–36
17th Century
Minister
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…