SEV Biblia, Chapter 21:24
Ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Exodus 21:24
Verse 24. Eye for eye] This is the earliest account we have of the lex talionis, or law of like for like, which afterwards prevailed among the Greeks and Romans. Among the latter, it constituted a part of the twelve tables, so famous in antiquity; but the punishment was afterwards changed to a pecuniary fine, to be levied at the discretion of the praetor. It prevails less or more in most civilized countries, and is fully acted upon in the canon law, in reference to all calumniators: Calumniator, si in accusatione defecerit, talionem recipiat. "If the calumniator fall in the proof of his accusation, let him suffer the same punishment which he wished to have inflicted upon the man whom he falsely accused." Nothing, however, of this kind was left to private revenge; the magistrate awarded the punishment when the fact was proved, otherwise the lex talionis would have utterly destroyed the peace of society, and have sown the seeds of hatred, revenge, and all uncharitableness.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 22-36 - The cases here mentioned give rules of justice then, and still in use for deciding similar matters. We are taught by these laws, that we mus be very careful to do no wrong, either directly or indirectly. If we have done wrong, we must be very willing to make it good, and be desirous that nobody may lose by us __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
עין 5869 תחת 8478 עין 5869 שׁן 8127 תחת 8478 שׁן 8127 יד 3027 תחת 8478 יד 3027 רגל 7272 תחת 8478 רגל׃ 7272
