Exodus 21:18-28
<0582> [men.]
neighbor <07453> [another. or, his neighbour. a stone.]
staff <04938> [upon his staff.]
<05414> [only he shall pay.]
This was a wise and excellent institution. The same provision is made in the civil law; and most courts of justice still regulate their decisions in such cases by this Mosaic precept.
loss of time <07674> [the loss. Heb. his ceasing.]
strikes <05221> [smite.]
surely ... punished <05358> [he shall.]
surely ... punished <05358> [punished. Heb. avenged.]
fight <05327> [strive.]
court decides <06414> [as the judges.]
life .... life <05315> [life for life.]
This is the earliest account we have of the [towtopatheia,] tautopatheia,] Lex Talionis, law of like for like.
ox .............. ox .................. ox <07794> [the ox.]
