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Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 24:19

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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"Cause a blemish," i.e., inflict a bodily injury. This is still further defined in the cases mentioned (breach, eye, tooth), in which punishment was to be inflicted according to the jus talionis (see at Exo 21:23.). Leviticus 24:23
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