Explanation Please?

[MentalSoliloquy]

"life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand" (Ex. 21:23, 24)

can anyone give me an explanation of this term in reference to a christians interpretation

 

[mimykinz]

I think it means you should give back what you have taken.............

 

[mimykinz]

:birthday2 Mental!!!!!!!


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[Wakeup2god]

Do unto others as you'd have done unto yourself...

If you judge somebody expect to be judged yourself and so on...

 

[OldShepherd]

"life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand" (Ex. 21:23, 24)

can anyone give me an explanation of this term in reference to a christians interpretation

It is not the required penalty for an offense but a limitation imposed by God. IOW the punishment must fit the crime. Whenever a person committed a crime, the punishment could not be greater than that crime. For example, a judge could not impose the death penalty for simple theft. If a person hurt the hand of another person, the maximum punishment would be injury to his own hand.

This would automatically prohibit an entire family being punished for the crime of one person, which was a common parctice among the pagan nations of that day. Note everything is in the singular. Life for life not lives, plural, for one life, or hands, plual, for one hand. But again this not the required punishment, it was the maximum. A lesser punishment could be given, even no punishment at all.

 

[MentalSoliloquy]

Thank you for your answers...its for a university essay...

Hey that was sweet thanks mimykinz

 

[Sketcher]

In that case, you'll need a proper citation. The notes at the bottom of the NIV and NASB Study Bibles contain this information.

 

[MentalSoliloquy]

already done, but thanks for the reminder

 

[SHA77]

God bless all!